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.
Getting Started
10 ocean swimming event tips for first time ocean swimmers
Ocean swimming events are fun, challenging… and a little scary! Make your first ocean swim event a day to remember with these 10 event tips.
Q&A: The pre-40’s ocean swimming challenge that made Jamie ‘mildly obsessed’
During the 2016-17 summer season, Jamie Cairns approached OceanFit to help him achieve a goal he’d been wanting to knock off for years, and with his 40th birthday approaching, now was the time to take it on!
I just wanted to keep swimming: Nicola takes on her first ocean swim
We love hearing personal success stories, and this one from Nicola Harris, is typical of the OceanFit participant and will resonate with a lot of people out there thinking of taking on their first ocean swim.
5 steps towards your first ocean swim
Would you like to go from ocean bather to ocean swimmer this summer? Join the ocean swimming revolution with these five steps towards your first ocean swim.
Ally Charlton: What it means to be an ocean swimmer
Let Ally inspire you to enjoy the freedom of the ocean. Listen to why she chose an ocean swimming lifestyle, how she gained her confidence to swim in open water and what it all means to her.
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.
How to become a well-rounded ocean swimmer
Become a more well-rounded ocean swimmer and get more enjoyment out of your ocean swimming by taking the time to work on these three important elements.
YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
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.
How to see in the sea: Advice for swimmers with poor vision
We’ve crowd-sourced the best advice for swimmers who usually require prescription glasses to keep your vision in check while ocean swimming.
Why it’s ok to pee in the ocean
This this video scientists explain why urinating in the ocean is harmless and is actually good for marine life!
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.
