Courtesy of Scott Zornig, Swim Camp Mexico, Sea of Cortez. Scott Zornig is organizing his third Swim Camp Mexico in Baja California on the Sea of Cortez. Swim Camp Mexico III will be held between November 8th to 11th. Co-founder Scott Zornig describes the camp, “If you like margaritas and Mexican folk dance, amazing walks

Courtesy of Bob Placak, Raccoon Strait, San Francisco Bay, California. “There is so much uncertainty when the elite swimmers from the pool swimming community and their counterparts from the open water swimming community get together for a face-off in the RCP Tiburon Mile,” observed Steven Munatones who has seen several close finishes over the years.

Courtesy of WOWSA, English Channel. Izebel Sierra Arenas of Mexico completed the Triple Crown Of Open Water Swimming with her 14 hour 21 minute crossing of the English Channel on July 26th. The 38-year-old is coached by Nora Toledano and Salvador Sánchez. She explained her English Channel swim and discussed her Triple Crown journey. “Swimming

Courtesy of Lynton Mortensen, Tsugaru Channel, Japan. Lynton Mortensen completed his sixth Oceans Seven channel in the most unanticipated, unexpected crossing in recent memory. A day after his original escort pilot Captain Mizushima inexplicably ran the primary Tsugaru Channel escort boat on rocks near the start and was hospitalized as a result [along with swimmer

Courtesy of Paul Lecomte, Yokohama, Japan. After being chased from his position and progress in the Kuroshio Current 1,080 km from land by storms and squalls, Ben Lecomte and his team sought shelter back on Honshu, the main island of Japan. Having been holed up in port along the shore of Japan, the delay for

Courtesy of John J. Kulewicz, Solomon Islands, Pacific Ocean. Remembering PT 109: 6-Member Team Swims the Route of the PT 109 Survivors in the Solomon Islands to Mark 75th Anniversary of the Swim That Changed History Around 2:20 a.m. on August 2nd 1943, the Japanese destroyer Amagiri emerged from darkness and fog to ram through

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Megan Melgaard is currently serving as the Director of Events for Swim Across America (SAA), but she has been a world-class competitive swimmer and taught swimming from A-list actors to disabled individuals. Her focus now is to create safe, innovative charity swims across the country that enable Swim Across