Category: Winter Swimming

Members of the public braved freezing temperatures for a festive dip in Dorset, Birmingham and Co Down.

With the number of cases of COVID-19 rising and little hope of travel to warm beaches, thousands of Estonians have taken up swimming in the near-freezing Baltic sea.

Estonians braved the dark and cold waters of the Baltic Sea on Friday (December 11) to set a new world record for the largest winter swimming relay, according to event organisers. Five hundred and five people took part in the challenge, which lasted for nearly five hours and covered a total distance of 12.6 kilometres,…

Even in winter temperatures of about 15 degrees Celsius (60F), a steady flow of hardy men and women wade into the brown waters of the Yangtze River in Wuhan and swim into the distance. The tradition pre-dates Mao, but it was embedded in Wuhan’s consciousness in 1966 when the then-73-year-old founder of communist China launched…

An ice hole was carved into the frozen Irtysh River for brave locals to take a dip on the opening day of the winter swimming season in Omsk, Russia

Singer, songwriter and now sea swimmer @CCSings tells @HowCaine and @ChristyDH about her new hobby, inspired by some of her fellow #Manx creatives #manxradio #iom #seaswim

I decided to do a short guide to winter swimming while going for my morning swim in Ullswater. With over a decade of winter swimming behind me, I’m a great believer in just going out and enjoying the experience in whatever way makes you happy. Short dip in wetsuit or longer swim in skins. As…