Baltic Sea

Baltic Sea morning

Baltic Sea

Karolina Szczepaniak attempted to swim 172 km across the Baltic Sea from Poland to Öland, Sweden, but was aborted 60 hours and 140 km after the start

The Baltic Sea is a sea located between Central and Northern Europe, bounded by the Swedish part of the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and the Little Belt. The Kattegat continues through Skagerrak into the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The Baltic Sea is connected by artificial waterways to the White Sea via the White Sea Canal, and to the North Sea via the Kiel Canal. The Baltic Sea might be considered to be bordered on its northern edge by the Gulf of Bothnia, on its northeastern edge by the Gulf of Finland, and on its eastern edge by the Gulf of Riga. These various gulfs can also be considered part of the Baltic Sea.

Open Water Swimming

• On 28-29 August 2017, Sebastian Karaś completed a 100.8 km sea swim from Kolobrzeg, Poland to Bornholm, Denmark in the Baltic Sea in 28 hours 30 minutes.
• Anna-Carin Nordin completed a 333 km 22-day stage swim around Öland, Sweden between 28 July and 18 August 2020 that took 117 hours 5 minutes over 32 stages.
• On 13 August 2025, Karolina Szczepaniak started a 172 km assisted marathon swim across the Baltic Sea from her native Poland to the Swedish island of Öland in a charity swim to raise money for prosthetics for three children born without arms, but was pulled 60 hours and 140 km after the start.
• On 17 August 2025, Bartłomiej Kubkowski will attempt a 170 km crossing of the Baltic Sea from Sweden to Poland as a charity swim for the Cancer Fighters Foundation called the Ultra Baltic Swim.
• In 2021, Bartłomiej Kubkowski swam 115 km in 32 hours 30 minutes in an attempt from Kołobrzeg, Sweden to Ystad, Poland on his first attempt at crossing the 170 km Baltic Sea, but his swim was aborted.
• In 2022, Bartłomiej Kubkowski swam 116.897 km on his second attempt at crossing the 170 km Baltic Sea, but his swim was aborted.
• In 2023, Bartłomiej Kubkowski swam 71 km on his third attempt at crossing the 170 km Baltic Sea, but his swim was aborted.

External links

• Karolina Szczepaniak Explores The Extreme
• Climbing Mountains, Crossing Seas, Explaining Adventures: The Exploits of Jakub Patecki
• Bartłomiej Kubkowski Is Pulled After 159 km of the 170 km Ultra Baltic Swim
• Try, Try, Try, Try Again - Bartłomiej Kubkowski to Attempt the 170 km Ultra Baltic Swim Tomorrow
• Karolina Szczepaniak Is Finally Pulled En Route From Poland To Sweden
• Olympian Karolina Szczepaniak Is En Route From Poland To Öland, Sweden
• Andrew Packer, John Curley En Route To The Toughest Thirteen
• John Curley Challenges Himself Off The Beaten Path
• A Marathon Meander Along The Mediterranean
• Remembering Remigiusz, Going with Gołębiowski
• Jörg Wunram In the Baltic Sea Morning
• When War Stopped A Swim
• Swimming The King Distance, Kattegat Svømning
• Open Water Swimming
• Around Öland By Anna-Carin Nordin, 333K In 32 Stages
• Around Öland With Anna-Carin Nordin
• Open Water Swimming
• Unescorted, Unprecedented, Unafraid: Swims By Otto Kemmerich
• Around Öland With Anna-Carin Nordin
• Britta Kamrau Remembers Her Friendships, Her Career On WOWSA Live
• Tuomas Kaari Heading Across The Gulf Of Finland
• The Baltic Adventure By Remigiusz Gołębiowski
• Brutal ... Butterfly In The Open Water
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• Adam Jerzykowski's Swim For A Dream
• Polish Triple Crown Of Open Water Swimming
• The History Of Swimming In The Gulf of Gdańsk
• Jacqueline Kempfer Steps Up Her Training
• Sebastian Karaś En Route 100K To Bornholm
• Sebastian Karaś Scores A 100 On His Most Difficult Test
• SuperShe Island Opens In July