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Open Water Swimming Skills Course

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Over the last few months I have had numerous requests to host an Open Water Swimming Skills session for both Open Water Swimmers and Triathletes. I have been privelaged enough to have attended a host of Open Water clinics myself and I feel it is time for me to share a couple of the tips and secrets I have learned over the last few years.

The plan is to cover a few crucial areas of Open Water Swimming, providing tips that will hopefully save you time and energy whilst you are out there in the water.

Open Water Swimming Tips

Open Water Swimming Tips

Feel free to contact me on the details above in order to book your place.

Where: Silvermine Dam (at the top of Ou Kaapse Weg)

When: Saturday 16 March 2013

Time: 14h00 Start

 

World Oceans Day 2012: 8 June

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The ocean is one of my favourite places to spend my time. I absolutely love swimming and surfing in it. Chilling on the beach is another great way to enjoy a day nearTyne water. I hope that my children will one day appreciate and enjoy the beauty of our it as much as I do. In order for them to have a chance of enjoying the ocean we need to protect it.

The ocean is essential for food security and the health and survival of life, it plays a vital role in balancing our climate and forms an integral part of our biosphere. The official designation of World Oceans Day is an opportunity to raise global awareness of the current challenges faced by the international community in connection with the oceans.
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Atlantic Dash 2012: Race Video

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Open water swimming in Cape Town has grown massively over the past few years, this video gives the viewer a good idea of what it is like to swim in the cold Atlantic Ocean in Cape Town.

Click here for the full race report from PhilSwim.

For the official media release and the full results, click here.

Open Water Swimming: Atlantic Dash 2012

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This year saw a group of 15 invited swimmers competing in the inaugral Atlantic Dash open water swimming event in Cape Town. It was a tester event in order for the organisers to establish the race route and develop a sense for how feasible a mass participation race could be handled. The race route was a 5.3km swim starting at Clifton 4th beach, heading out into the bay, turning right and swimming parallel to the coast past Clifton 3rd, 2nd, and 1st beaches into Sea Point and finishing at the very small beach at Three Anchor Bay.

Heading to Clifton for the race briefing this morning, we drove into the huge mist bank which was covering the entire West Coast of Cape Town. The visibility was very poor and the water was not very inviting for swimmers nor safety craft. Upon arrival at the beach we realised just how thick the mist was. We were unable to see the rocks just off Clifton, nor could we see down to Clifton 1st beach, normally very visible and an extremely scenic view with all the high rise buildings and big houses along this world famous beach.
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