Romina Caristo

Coach/swimmer Romina Caristo second from right at the 50th Seal Beach Rough Water Swim

Ocean Fever in Redondo Beach, California

Romina Caristo is a 41-year-old open water swimmer, safety expert, and pool and open water swimming coach from Redondo Beach, California originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has two children - Ina and Ruka - who are swimmers and surfers.

Swimming Highlights

• She began competing on a national level in Argentina at the age of 11.
• Between 12 and 13 years gold, she swam three open water river races and one ocean race.
• At 16, she competed at the Argentine National Championships in the 200-meter breaststroke, 100m breaststroke and the 4x100m freestyle relay.
• In 1991, she began working as a swim instructor.
• In 2002, she got her BA in Graphic Design at the University of Buenos Aires and moved to Redondo Beach in 2002 where she has been working as a swim instructor and as a freelancer graphic designer.
• She worked as a Los Angeles City Lifeguard and swim instructor.
• She coached Age group at South Bay Swim Club, junior varsity for Mira Costa High School and Beach Cities Swimming.
• She won her division in the 1-mile ocean swim at the 50th annual Seal Beach Rough Water Swim in Seal Beach, California.
• She has competed in every Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier Swim since 2002 including in 2003 while she was six months pregnant with her daughter, Ina.
• In 2015, she and Ina swam the Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier Swim side-by-side.
• She has done sprint triathlons, a 10 km run, and the Palos Verdes and Catalina Island marathon runs.
• She is coach of Ocean Fever.

External links

• Steve Sutton and Steven Munatones Pioneer Palos Verdes Peninsula Swim
• South Bay Speakers Series Features Ocean Swimmers
• Crossings Continue In The Catalina Channel
• Open Water Swimming
• Ocean Fever With Newcomers And Up-and-Comers At Seal Beach
• SCAQ Coaches
• Open Water Summit
• World Open Water Swimming Association