2020-21 Season: What we’ve learned
2020-21 was an extraordinary season, let’s look back on what we’ve learned as we swam our way through a pandemic.
Lifestyle
Swim tourists welcome with open arms
Ocean swimming groups around the country are welcoming swim tourists to join their community and swim with them.
Summer Reads: Top 5 Education Books
Discover five outdoor swimming books that will make you more knowledgeable about the open water environment, and help you become faster and more efficient in it.
Summer Reads: Top 5 Swimming Personal Journey Books
Discover five outdoor swimming books from Australian authors that follow the swimming journey of groups an individuals that will both inspire and delight you.
Summer Reads: Top 5 Swimming Destination Books
Discover five outdoor swimming books that help us discover new places to swim as well as reminisce about the places we used to.
Are tow floats a threat to the freedom of open water swimming?
Are tow floats a threat to the freedom and culture of open water swimming or a necessary water safety device?
What defines the 2020 ocean swimmer?
As diverse as the ocean swimming community is, there are three universal statements that ring true for the 2020 ocean swimmer.
POEM: Swim Buddies
How good are swim buddies!? A poem about the joys of having a swim buddy.
A different kind of ocean swimming season
This season will look different from what we’re used to, with event cancellations and COVID regulations changing the way we can swim.
What lies beneath
Swimming is perfect for your health: both mental and physical. But is there something much, much deeper going on?
Adaptation: Swimming through fire and pandemic
For Nicole, this has been a pregnancy defined by drama and challenges, but through it all it was the call of the ocean, the Swimblers and her next swim that helped get her through.
Why we swim
Some swim for fitness; some for solitude. Some, for the lifestyle and friendships, and some, literally, for a sea change.
5 ways to practice mindfulness meditation at the beach
Elly McGuiness shares five ways you can try mindfulness at the beach as part of a whole-life approach to wellbeing.
The 5 point pre-season ocean swim checklist
With the unofficial recreational ocean swim season underway here are 5 tips to help make sure you’re firing early and going long this season.
Salt water therapy: Swimming my way through heartbreak and frustration
After suffering miscarriage in 2018, Nicole turned to swimming to rebuild her mental and physical strength.
How far could you swim out to sea?
How anxious would you feel swimming out to sea, alone with nothing but a pair of goggles? how far would you get?
I’m in it for life, could you be?
When faced with the question of whether to patrol, or not patrol, the answer was never in doubt.
There are no losers, “Winning is doing”
Jane asks “what is winning?” on her journey to enjoy every moment of her new ocean swimming lifestyle.
What happened when I ‘volunteered’ for an Ocean Confidence clinic
Lake-swimming, jellyfish-hating, cocktail-drinking Canadian Christie Preston tells the story of her experience in OceanFit’s Ocean Confidence clinic.
New film shines light on beach accessibility and inclusion
A new short film showcases how creating an inclusive beach experience for people with disability is benefiting the community.
How family beach-hang-times can help your kids in their swimming lessons
Sasha from In The Deep Swim School on how kids swimming lessons will benefit from coastal water adventures.
‘Mermaiding’ is a thing and it can make dreams come true
Have you ever dreamed of being a mermaid? You might not have been able to realise your dream as a child, but now your child’s dreams can come true.
Babewatch: There’s nothing slow motion about this swim crew
Find out how Babewatch are bringing awareness to mental health issues while having fun and keeping fit.
Can ocean swimmers and surf craft users share the waves?
On our busiest beaches there is a fight for waves between ocean swimmers and surf craft, can they co-exist safely?
YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
How to get on board the ocean swimming wave
Ocean swimming is riding a wave of popularity, so find out how to break free from the black line of the pool and swim as nature intended.
Weizhen has Cole Classic medal in sight to thank donor after transplant
After a liver transplant due to a genetic condition called Polycystic Liver Disease, Weizhen Zhou has set her sights on completing the Cole Classic. This is her story of teaching herself how to swim, 4am wake-up’s and taking on the ocean with OceanFit.
Coriolis effect: When the water gets cold in summer
Why can the ocean temperature in summer be 24 degrees one day, 18 the next? Well it’s all got to do with the wind and something called the coriolis effect.
Sunscreen: Protection from the sun
If you’re spending a lot of time outside swimming you need to be wearing sunscreen for your own safety.
