Courtesy of Circuito Netuno de Travessias, Brazil. At the São Vicente – Praia dos Milionários in Santos, Brazil, the Circuito Netuno de Travessias is a series of six open water swims. São Vicente is a coastal municipality at southern São Paulo. For more information, visit here. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water Swimming Association

Courtesy of Swim Channel, Paranaguá, Brazil. The IV Ultramaratona Aquática da Ilha do Mel is a 13 km and 23 km marathon swimming competition held in Paranaguá – Praia do Farol, na Ilha do Mel, Brazil. Swimmers in the 23 km course have to face tidal changes (against them) along the course that showcases the

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. After winning the 24 km Maratona Aquática 14 Bis in November, 43-year-old Artur Pedroza won the 3 km XTERRA Swim Challenge for the third consecutive time in Paraty and wrapped up the season championship. “I was the 3 km overall champion and was a triple champion in XTERRA Swim

Courtesy of Nicolene Steynberg, Agulhas Current, South Africa. “[The Great Shark Swim] was another epic event in the sense that it was a bridge too far…for now,” described Nicolene Steynberg of Madswimmer. “Stopped by the smallest blue bottle versus the initial expectations of shark danger. It was the first attempt for such a swim –

Courtesy of Auckland Star, 30 December 1916. 14-year-old Ida Elionsky completed a 28.5-mile (45.9 km) circumnavigation swim around Manhattan Island in New York in 11 hours 35 minutes on September 24th 1916 in a tandem swim with her older brother Henry Elionsky who swam part of the way with his hands and feet tied as