Thinking of making 2025 the year you take on your first open water challenge? There are countless organised events across the ...

Fancy diving into the exhilarating world of wild swimming? Maybe you don’t have the best wild swimming gear already. But if you’ve got a half-decent swimsuit and a towel to dry off with afterwards ...

The “wild swimming” trend — aka open-water swimming, or taking dips in lakes, rivers, streams or even the sea — isn't exactly new. Still, it has been increasing in popularity over the past decade, ...

A New Year's dip has become a tradition for the region's growing open water swimming community. Some wrap up with full ...

To perform well in training for SEALs, Navy EOD, Dive Schools, SWCC, Marine Recon, Air Force PJ, Rescue Swimmer and other special diving programs, you must master swimming straight (and fast). When ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A Pacifica woman made history by completing a very difficult open-water swim. Amy Appelhans Gubser, 55, became the first person to swim west of the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon ...

I swam competitively for years, and swimming in the ocean I felt the difference in muscles immediately, but it can be surprisingly easier in some aspects depending on which muscles you favor and your ...