Courtesy of WOWSA, Pacific Ocean. He’s back. “We’re back on course after a few days hiding from a storm. It took us more than 24 hours, but we finally reached my last GPS point so I could get back in the water and continue The Swim [a 8,721 km transoceanic stage swim across the Pacific […]

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Extreme North Dakota Watersports Endurance Test (END-WET) looks to be a highly competitive event with some of the fastest, most accomplished marathon swimmers taking part in this week’s 36-mile (57.9 km) marathon swim down the Red River between Grand Forks, North Dakota and Oslo, Minnesota in the United States.

Courtesy of Science, Southern California. Researchers captured the sounds made by Risso’s dolphins when they are being hunted by killer whales. Listen here. So if swimmer hear these sounds while doing a Catalina Channel crossing, their crews may want to stay alert and get their cameras ready. Copyright © 2008-2018 by World Open Water Swimming

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Caroline Block joined two other women in successfully completing a solo swim across Cayuga Lake in New York: Claire de Boer in 1984, Bridgette Hobart in 2015 and David Barra in 2015. She completed a 56 km unassisted crossing* in 21 hours 28 minutes – the first in the

Courtesy of FINA, Setúbal Bay, Portugal. Arena 9 wetsuits were the favored neoprene choice among the professional swimmers competing at the FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series race which Kristof Rasovszky of Hungary and Haley Anderson of the United States won in Setúbal Bay, Portugal. The Arena 9 wetsuits are 85% neoprene and 15% nylon with

Courtesy of FINA, Setúbal Bay, Portugal. Arena 9 wetsuits seemed to be the favored neoprene choice among the professional swimmers at the FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series held in Setúbal Bay, Portugal this past weekend where Kristof Rasovszky of Hungary was the defending champion in Setúbal Bay and is among the top echelon of professional