Category: Winter Swimming

The Cabrillo Beach Polar Bear Club — a club dedicated to swimming, fitness and community service — took their 68th annual New Year’s Day plunge into the cold waters of the Pacific Ocean.

Hundreds of brave people headed to Tugboat Beach in Kelowna today, to bring in the new decade in dramatic fashion. The Polar Bear Swim is not just an invigorating, way to jump into a new year, but for six years now, it’s been raising funds for the Community Resource Initiative Society which helps people with…

The sun came out on New Year’s Day for Hornby’s annual Polar Bear Swim. A large crowd gathered at Grassy Point for this exciting community event organized by the Fire Department. This year 100 swimmers took the plunge. That’s 10% of the island’s population! Afterwards there was hot chai and hotdogs for everyone. See you…

Thousands of Dutch swimmers braved near-freezing temperatures on Wednesday (January 1) to mark the start of the new year. https://youtu.be/losBt3EHeuM

The Bray Charities Sea Swim took place on the first day of 2020, with proceeds going to homeless charities in the area.

The annual Lyme Lunge kicks off the New Year with a record number of swimmers braving the icy water for this Rotary Club fundraiser

Some swimmers in Catania began the new year with a dive into the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday (January 1). https://youtu.be/qYB65H1Ac_I

In they go! The Saundersfoot New Years Day Swim is underway here at #saundersfootharbour