How to survive in a shipwreck? Here are my personal top 10… 1. Hop into a row boat (after giving the distress call on the radio) 2. Grab a life vest 3. Hang onto jetsam if a row boat or life vest are not available 4. Hope the water temperature is warm (if not, put […]

Courtesy of Paul Guest, Huntington Beach, California. Copyright © 2008-2019 by World Open Water Swimming Association

Courtesy of Patrick Winkler , Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In December 2019, the King and Queen of the Sea – or Rei e Rainha do Mar in Portuguese – celebrates its 10th anniversary. Over the last decade, over 60 thousand amateur and a few dozen elite swimmers, including World and Olympic Champions have

<i>Courtesy of <a href=”http://www.wowsa.org”target=”_blank”>WOWSA</a>, <a href=”http://openwaterswimming.wiki/index.php?title=Huntington_Beach”target=”_blank”>Huntington Beach</a>, California</i>. <br><br/> The <a href=”http://www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimm.wpengine.com/2009/12/worlds-largest-open-water-swimming.html”>world’s largest open water mass participation swim</a> is held in Taiwan – the 3.3 km <a href=”http://www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimm.wpengine.com/2009/12/worlds-largest-open-water-swimming.html”>Sun Moon Lake International Swim Carnival</a> – but Taiwan is also home to other large <a href=”http://www.dailynewsofopenwaterswimm.wpengine.com/2009/12/open-water-swimming-dictionary.html”>mass participation swims</a> where communal enjoyment in tropical waters and post-swim fraternization

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. n August 20th 1984, John York (8 hours 54 minutes 1 second), Rick Heltzel (9 hours 4 minutes 12 seconds), Mohamed Ibrahim Elwakeel (9 hours 23 minutes 6 seconds), Carol Lee Heltzel (9 hours 28 minutes 28 seconds), Alison Streeter (9 hours 33 minutes 0 seconds), Lamiaa Zahy (9

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. There is no holiday when you are a hard-core open water swimmer. You might be on vacation, but you will find yourself always looking at bodies of water and thinking, “I wonder what the water temp is? I wonder if anyone has swum there before? I wonder how long

I will get to this tomorrow……completely ridiculous to do this! The girls we swam at at SMU in college caked it on. I will try to find a pic of one of them 😉 Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source

Extreme Journeys with Jaimie Monahan

Courtesy of WOWSA, North Minch, Scotland. Colleen Blair first person to swim the 24 nautical miles across the North Minch from Isle of Lewis to the Scottish mainland when the water temperature was 9 – 13.8°C. Copyright © 2008-2018 by World Open Water Swimming Association