Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Sani Mohammed, the 67-year-old Senator who also serves as the General Secretary of the Nigeria Aquatics Federation [shown on left], is arranging the logistics and preparation for the Nigerian national open water swimming team to compete in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. The Nigeria Aquatics Federation describes the […]

Courtesy of James Harrison, Guernsey. Sea Donkey, a film that followed Adrian Sarchet’s attempt in 2015 to cross the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland, launched to a sell-out premiere in Guernsey’s main cinema on November 8th. Protagonist Adrian Sarchet described the premiere, “The public’s reaction to the film was beyond our wildest expectations.

Courtesy of Asociación de Cruce A Nado Del Estrecho De Gibraltar. On September 12th, Rafael Gutiérrez Mesa passed away at the age of 59 years. The founder and president of the Asociación de Cruce A Nado Del Estrecho De Gibraltar (Strait of Gibraltar Swimming Association) envisioned, developed and promoted solo and relay, both with and

Courtesy of Asociación Cruce A Nado Del Estrecho De Gibraltar, Strait of Gibraltar 14.4 km between Spain and Morocco. The Asociación Cruce A Nado Del Estrecho De Gibraltar announced that they organized and ratified 53 crossings between Spain and Morocco that included a total of 109 swimmers. 42 swimmers (13 women + 29 men) swam

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Diego López Dominguez had a season to remember. The Spanish swimmer from the Canary Islands transitioned from his specialty events of the 200m butterfly, 400m IM, and 1500m freestyle to the open water flawlessly. The 36-year-old explains, “I had the dream of swimming around Manhattan Island since I moved

Courtesy of Marine Mammal Science (Novel method for identifying individual cetaceans using facial features and symmetry: A test case using dolphins). On his latest and sixth crossing of the Catalina Channel, Hank Wise encountered cetaceans during his mainland-to-Catalina swim (i.e., a whale and dolphins) – a treat that many open water swimmers enjoy in the