Shoneé Cornelissen, Paula Armstrong, Britt Hyland, and Anneke Boshoff completed the first all-female relay across False Bay in South Africa
Ryan Stramrood and Ned Denison have done it all: ice swims, marathon swims, channel swims, and extreme swims. False Bay is a renowned breeding ground for Great White Sharks where Stramrood and Denison faced 13 species of sharks, orcas, blue bottles, jellyfish, and cold rough conditions. They spoke about their experiences on WOWSA Live.
Ram Barkai and Kieron Palframan swam 6.4 km from Seal Island to Strandfontein in South Africa through The Ring of Death and The Death Zone
Ryan Stramrood set a record swimming across the 34 km False Bay in South Africa in 8 hours 39 minutes
Kerry Kopke of the Cape Long Distance Swimming Association reported that Karen Graaff, Eva Dirksen, Katherine Persson and Georgina Smith completed the first all-female relay team across the 34 km False Bay in 8 hours 46 minutes
South Africans Launch False Bay Swimming Association Courtesy of False Bay Swimming Association, False Bay, South Africa. A group of seasoned open water swimmers from Cape Town, South Africa have embarked on a mission to position solo and relay crossings of False Bay as one of the most challenging and desirable swims in the world of marathon swimming. The
Courtesy of WOWSA, Cape Point, South Africa. Photo of Jeanne Topliss (yellow cap) and Kim Hawke (pink cap) heading out of Smitswinkel Bay towards Miller's Point courtesy of Craig Doonan, South Africa. On May 24th, 10 swimmers swam a 22 km relay from Cape Point to Simonstown in South Africa in a eco-swim to support conservation efforts in the northern Wild
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Roger Finch is off to Japan to attempt his third Ocean Seven channel after his successful English Channel and Catalina Channel crossings. In addition to his 20 Robben Island swims, Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, International Self-Transcendence Marathon Swim, Ederle Swim, S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge, and
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Carina Bruwer will take her Swim For Hope project to Europe this month. The mother and lead player of SAMA Award-winning instrumental pop group Sterling EQ will undertake two crossings in Italy in support of the Little Fighters Cancer Trust, a South African organization that supports children with cancer
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When we observe open water swimmers around the world, certain nationalities always impress us. The South Africans are freakily tough. The Irish are notoriously hard-core. The Australians are mind-boggling adventurous. There are also certain areas where the tough are an especially hardened group:
