Open water swimming

Photo by Javier Blazquez of Christine Jennings, surrounded by Olympian Angela Maurer on her left, Olympian Melissa Gorman on her right, and Olympian Poliana Okimoto behind her in the 5 km race at the 2008 World Open Water Swimming Championships in Sevilla, Spain in an example of open water swimming physicality including impeding

Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli, part of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit

Open water swimmer competing in the Swim Challenge Cascais, a WOWSS open water swim held in Cascais, Portugal

Penny Palfrey setting a world marathon swimming record in the Cayman Islands - Image by Spike

Lexie Kelly and Steven Munatones swimming in a channel in the Cayman Islands

Waikiki Roughwater Swim start in Honolulu, Hawaii

Pod or pack of ocean swimmers at the Gatorman of the annual La Jolla Rough Water Swim in La Jolla Cove, California

Sea swimmers Ben Stubenberg, Becci Gardiner, and Dan Redmond practicing in Turks & Caicos for the “Race for the Conch” Eco-SeaSwim. Courtesy of Agile LeVin

noun - Open water swimming is competitive or non-competitive swimming in an open body of water such as oceans, seas, bays, lakes, rivers, canals, fjords, rowing basins, dams, estuaries, lidos and reservoirs. It can be done in any swimming style or stroke, with or without equipment including fins, snorkels, goggles, caps, wetsuits, paddles or flotation devices. It can be of any distance and is an Olympic sport (called the Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km or Olympic 10K Marathon Swim.

1 Global Growth
2 Synonyms
3 Swim the Channel
4 Publications in English
5 Open Water Swimming
6 Driven, A Documentary of Marathon Swimming
7 Channel Swimming
8 Ocean Navi In Izu Peninsula
9 Olympic 10K Test Event
10 Sarah Thomas' Century Swim
11 Body, Mind, Soul Heroes In The Catalina Channel
12 External links

Global Growth

Open water swimming is considered to be the fastest growing sport in the world since its inclusion in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Synonyms

marathon swimming, free swimming, wild swimming, long distance swimming, long-distance swimming, channel swimming, rough water swimming, marathon swimming, ice swimming, extreme swimming, excursion swimming, sea swimming, winter swimming, stage swimming, high-altitude swimming, adventure swimming, expedition swimming, aguas abiertas (Spanish), travesías de natación en aguas abiertas (Spanish), 遠泳 (Japanese), Olympic marathon swimming, polar bear swimming, night swimming, dark swimming

Swim the Channel

Publications in English

Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer by Lynne Cox, ISNB=978-0-375-41507-4, Publisher: A.A. Knopf, 2004
Open Water Swimming by Penny Dean, ISNB=978-0-88011-704-3, Publisher: Human Kinetics, 1998
Dover Solo: Swimming The English Channel by Marcia Cleveland, ISBN=978-0-9672091-0-4, Publisher: MMJ Press, 1999
Wind, Waves, and Sunburn: A Brief History of Marathon Swimming by Conrad Wennerberg, ISNB=978-1-55821-615-0, Publisher: Breakaway Books, 1997
The Great Swim by Gavin Mortimer, ISNB=978-0-8027-1749-8, Publisher: Walker & Company, 2009
Open Water Swimming by Steven Munatones, ISNB=978-0-73609-284-5, Publisher: Human Kinetics, 2011