Courtesy of 5 Gyres, Santa Monica, California. Actors and activists will participate in the Voices 4 Oceans benefit storytelling event in Santa Monica, California on March 23rd 2018. All proceeds will support the 5 Gyres mission to end the global health crisis of plastic pollution. For more information, visit here. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World

Courtesy of Guilherme Freitas of Swim Channel, Vila Velha, and Travessia do Leme ao Pontal. After Cesar Saade Jr. [shown above] set a bioprene record for the 36 km Travessia do Leme ao Pontal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 8 hours 53 minutes in October, the 52-year-old downshifted to the 5 km Travessia João

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Australians do not seem to get enough of the open water: Swimmers keep swimming. Coaches keep increasing. Volunteers keep helping out. Race directors keep organizing. On January 20th, the Optus Swim Sydney Harbour will be held by one of Australia’s most iconic landmarks. In the picturesque Farm Cove, a

Courtesy of Swim Channel, Travessia do Canal de Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil. 900 swimmers participated in fourth Travessia do Canal de Ilhabela on November 5th. Brazilian Olympian Allan do Carmo and Betina Lorscheitter won the male and female races. The Travessia do Canal de Ilhabel can be held in a southern course, an eastern course,

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Seti Afoa of Samoa Events announced the nominees for the Samoa Events Male Athlete of the Year that included two ocean swimmers Voting will open next week using a Monkey Survey link. Sitivi So’oa’emalelagi, a 17-year-old Samoan from Vailele, participated in the 22.3 km Apolima Strait Swim from Upolu

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Seti Afoa of Samoa Events announced the nominees for the Samoa Events Athletes of the Year. Voting will open next week using a Monkey Survey link. Christina Harris, a 54-year-old from Nelson, New Zealand, is one of the nominees for the Athlete of the Year who will receive a

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Ruben Gonzales [shown above] from Buenos Aires, Argentina has been swimming in cold water since 2012. After swimming across the Beagle Channel in 2013 between Argentina and Chile in 8°C, he swam 2.5 km in 7°C water near the Perito Moreno glacier located at the very south of Argentina.

Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The documentary film Kim Swims started its film festival tour at the Mill Valley Film Festival, California and then headed over to the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival in Arkansas. This weekend the film about Kimberley Chambers is shown in Portland, Oregon. Copyright © 2008-2017 by World Open Water