The Narrabeen Beach Challenge is a great event to start off the ocean swimming season.
It’s held on Narrabeen Beach in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, about a 40-minute drive from Sydney’s CBD.
This ocean swim has two distances available, an 800m course for 12 years and over and a 1.8km for 15 years and over. The ‘Marie Antoinette’ champagne glass-shaped course is designed to be manageable enough for first-time ocean swimmers but also a challenge to the best of ocean swimmers.