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World Open Water Swimming Federation, a human-powered project
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With official’s boats looking on and kayakers alongside, no participants took the same line at the 3rd annual 14 km Cold Half marathon swim in Hong Kong. Race director Doug Woodring tracked each of the 35 athletes from China, the UK, Thailand, the United States and Hong Kong in […]
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Courtesy of Associated Press on Why is the Hong Kong coast glowing an eerie blue?. People who swim across the Catalina Channel often relish in the sparkling blue bioluminescence they see at night along the surface of the water and lighting up their hands as they pull through the water. But a similar glittering blue
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In July 1976, Dr. Sean O’Connell, a mathematics lecturer at Bermuda College, attempted the first swim around the island of Bermuda. “I had to quit during my first attempt because of currents against me were too strong and relentless, blocking progress for hours and hours with no end in
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O Come All Ye Faithful – Part 1 Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Over the decades covering swims from the South Pacific to San Francisco, from the Caribbean to the Carolinas, from South Africa to Sandycove, we have seen thousands of swimmers prepare for their open water swims. Along the way, we have had
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Photo of The Minch courtesy of Ian Cameron. Article courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Colleen Blair plans to swim across The Minch, a 30-mile stretch of water from just north of Loch Inver to the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. The 36-year-old is attempting the pioneering non-wetsuit swim on behalf of the R.N.L.I. stations
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Doug Woodring of Ocean Recovery Alliance appeared on Sea Change Radio and spoke about the increasing plasticity in the world’s oceans. Listen to Woodring’s radio interview here. Woodring will host the Cold Half this weekend that will be tracked live here (starting at 9 pm New York time this
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Laguna Bluebelt Coalition brings together organizations and individuals with a common goal of protecting and restoring marine life, conserving biological diversity and maintaining healthy, sustainable marine habitats in Laguna Beach, California. The Laguna Bluebelt Coalition hosts an annual photo contest see here. Send the Coalition your best photos
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How Low Can They Go? Courtesy of WOWSA, Southern Ocean, Antarctica. With Bhakti Sharma‘s recent Antarctica swim generating waves of congratulations across India, where does her 41-minute 1.4-mile swim in 1ºC water rank in the Southern Ocean? 2002: Lynne Cox swam 1.22 miles (1.96 km) in Neko Harbor in Antarctica in 25 minutes in 2ºC
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The leader of the State Ocean Swim Series and winner of the first 2 races on the series, Yasui Hirai of Japan [shown on left], is sitting out the next stage, the State Capital Classic in Wellington on January 25th. With the Japanese Olympian focusing on training, his absence
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