Getting Started

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.

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.

ocean swimmer swimming out in open water

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.