Valuable Surf Information for Open Water Swimmers
Open water swimmers are always thinking about the water conditions as they head to the shoreline.One convenient way to know what you might be swimming in is to check SwellWatch or one of the numerous other online surf report sites with worldwide swell charts and analyses of the water conditions.
The SwellWatch site has a good technical section on wave dynamics and high-resolution swell models overlaid on a completely interactive, 3D-capable Google map of the planet.
With information from more than 7,000 tide locations around the world, 4,000 pre-programmed surf spots, easy-to-use buoy readings, wind information, and spectral charts, SwellWatch is greatly appreciated and widely used by serious surfers…and can also be used by serious open water swimmers who train along the ocean coastlines of the world.
Copyright © 2010 by Steven Munatones
Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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