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Open Water Swimming Contacts and Places Looking for somewhere to swim or someone to swim with in open water? Here is the place! Contact dksreeder@skybeam.com to be added to this list |
| State | City | Place/Contact |
| Alabama | Birmingham | Lake Purdy, every Saturday and Sunday (all day) April 30-October 31, John Brown (256)393-6315 or jbrown762000@yahoo.com |
| California | Avila Beach | Sundays at 11am, contact info@swimavila.com more info on swimavila.com |
| California | Huntington Beach | Steve Munatones, 714-305-7374, steve@pan-pacific-partners.com |
| California | La Jolla Cove | La Jolla Swim Buddies, http://www.lajollacoveswimclub.org/SwimBuddyPage.html |
| California | Malibu | Mitch Chupack, Zuma Beach |
| California | San Francisco | Swim Art groups meet at Aquatic Park on Monday evenings, 6:00/6:20 March 17-Oct 13, They have Wednesday night swims at Treasure Island, 6:30 PM, check schedule at http://swim-art.com/groupswims.html $10 drop in fee. |
| California | San Francisco. | Swim Art has expedition swims, fun non-training swims at various locations in the Bay area. Check schedule at http://swim-art.com/expeditions.html for dates, places and fees. |
| California | Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association and Ocean Ducks offer informal group swims at the following times. Sunday, Butterfly Beach, 9 AM. Mon. Wed and Fri., Goleta Beach at 12 Noon. Saturday, 9 AM at various locations. Website: http://www.sbchannelswim.org/oceanducks.html |
| Colorado | Littleton | Bowles Reservoir, May – September. Monday, Wednesday, Friday mornings from 5:30 a.m. – 7:00 a.m. (swim before you go to work. Club house on site) Saturdays and Sundays from 7-9:30 a.m. MARKED COURSE WITH BUOYS SET UP ALL SEASON. Options to swim 500,750,1,000 or 1,500 meter courses. Go to www.milehighmultisport.com and click on the open water swimming link for more information. Drop in fee $10. |
| Colorado | Denver | Chatfield Reservoir. April 26th - Sept 27th 2008. Monday and Wednesday evenings, 4:30 to 7:00 PM and Saturdays 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM usually from second week in May through September. Masters registration required. Parking fee in 2009 was $6. http://www.comsa.org/ |
| Colorado | Windsor | Rockbridge Lake in Windsor, Colorado. Mondays in the summer. $10 drop in fee. http://www.windsortriclub.com/w3cworkoutlocations/w3copenwaterswims.html |
| Colorado | Ft. Collins | Various Saturdays from May though September in Lindenmeir Lake. Contact George Thornton for more information email: louiset36@comcast.net or phone 970-482-1818. |
| Colorado | Boulder | Boulder Reservoir, May 13-Sept?. Tues. and Thurs. 6:45-7:45 AM in May and Sept. Tues. and Thurs., 6:15 - 7:30 AM, June, July and August. http://www.comsa.org/ |
| Florida | Boca Raton |
Monday’s 5:45pm – 7:00pm, Wednesday’s 6:45am - 8am, Palmetto & A1A, Boca Raton. map. Buoys set each week to practice different swimming skills. Open to swimmers of all levels but no lifeguards; swim at your own risk. Contact info@bocaratontriathletes.com for more information. Free for BRT members, $5 for non-members. |
| Florida | Clearwater | Clearwater Beach, various days, usually evenings 4:30 to 6 PM. Contact Jim Burton, 727-586-2254 |
| Florida | Coral Springs Southeast FL | Randy Nutt, 954-821-3294. Contact info@randynutt.com |
| Florida | Ft. Lauderdale | Saturday, 9 - 10 AM. Meet at the Hall of Fame. Contact John Acton jacton@flaswim.com |
| Florida | Jacksonville Beach |
Sunday at 9:00 a.m. Meet at
north end of fishing pier parking lot, 5th Ave. N. and 1st St. We
swim 1.25 miles with the current & return on foot. (If the current is
going from north to south, we walk first.) Roundtrip swim is optional.
Generally swim every Sunday when water temperature is above 70 F. |
| Florida | Miami | Swim Gym in the City of Miami Rowing Center, open water swimming every Saturday at 7 - 9 AM unless we have a swim meet to attend. Open Water Swimming also available by reservation during school year, Monday - Friday from 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM for training and/or teaching. More information, Contact Robert Strauss, Pool Address: 3601 Rickenbacker Causeway, Office # 305-361-3601, Main Office # 305-273-1129, Mobile # 305-283-6390 |
| Florida | Miami Beach |
Ocean swim, Sundays at 12
Street lifeguard stand, 11:00AM: May - November 3:00PM: December - April. Contact Jim Harper, 536 NE 128 St., N. Miami, FL 33161, cell 786-423-2665 (RUM-ICE-COOL) website: www.nadadores.org |
| Florida | Orlando | Lucky's Lake Swims. Weekdays, 6:30 AM, Saturdays 7:45 AM. website: http://www.luckyslakeswim.com/ |
| Florida, Northwest | Seagrove Beach |
Jeffrey C. Ellis, 850.534.4506 (land), 850.534.4518 (fax), 850.830.4180 (cell), jeffrey.ellis@mchsi.com |
| Hawaii | Oahu | Saturdays 9:00 meet at Ala Moana Beach Park on the Diamond Head side. Sundays 8:00 at Kaimana Beach, also known as San Souci Beach, (also the start of the annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim), right in front of the Banyan tree restaurant. Check http://waikikiswimclub.org/ and click on weekly swims for updates and others swims at different times of the year. |
| Hawaii | Maui | Sunday swims: 8 - 8:15, S. Maluaka Beach, 1.5-2 miles with lots of playtime and coral reef (sometimes elsewhere during "aluminum man" or bad swell or expected murky waters). Contact: Malcolm Cooper, email: malcolmwhy@yahoo.com |
| Hawaii | Maui | Sunday swims - 9am Old Airport Beach to Kaanapali Beach, 1-1.5 miles (West side of Maui for those staying in Kaanapali/Kapalua/Lahaina - mostly over 30-50 feet sandy bottom). No Contact person |
| Illinois | Carbondale, Southern IL | Rick Walker, phone: 618-924-6988. e-mail: rwalker@athletics.siu.edu |
| Illinois | Chicago | Chess Pavilion, north of Oak Street Beach, Ladder #1 around Sunrise on the weekend mornings. Usually finished by 8:00 AM. Contact Steve Hernon at srhernan@gmail.com or http://openwaterchicago.com/ |
| Indiana | Elkhart |
Simonton Lake, Lakeshore Grill
Parking Lot, Tuesdays & Thursdays at 5:30 AM. Saturdays @ 6:30 or
7:00 AM, Sundays at 7:15 AM.
Contact: Paula Turk 574-293-1683
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| Maine | Bath | Various salt and fresh water in Midcoast area. George McDonough. Hopper@swimvacation.com, http://www.swimvacation.com |
| Maine | Grey |
Crystal Lake, Town Beach Every day, - 6:00 AM Start 2.2 mile round trip to far end of the lake. |
| Massachusetts | Boxford |
Stiles Pond, Town Beach Every day - Some start as early as 4:30 am. Most start on the 1/2 hour beginning from 5:00 - 8:00 am. 1000 meters from beach to camp at far end of the lake. |
| New Hampshire | Goffstown |
Glen Lake, Town Boat Launch M - F 5:45 AM / 6:00 AM send off - Early May - Mid September Loops possible: .4 mile (power lines and back) / 1 mile (to an "ironman dock & back) / 1.5 miles (ironman dock - cross lake - along far shore - return along power lines) / 1.7 miles (ironman dock - island - return) |
| New York | Brooklyn | Coney Island Brighton Beach Open Water Swimmers or CIBBOWS, Saturdays and Sundays, 11 AM, Brighton Beach at Grimaldo's Lifeguard Chair, check website for season start at www.cibbows.org |
| New York | Long Island | The "West-Neck Pod" swims regularly several mornings a week at West Neck Beach in Cold Spring Harbor and irregularly at other local Long Island beaches starting in June and ending when icicles form (usually late October-November). Contact via CLMooreEsq@verizon.net, http://hums.blogspot.com/ or www.TheWater-Blog.blogspot.com call 631-423-8530. |
| Utah | Salt Lake City | Various lakes, times & places. Go to http://www.utahopenwater.com/p/group-swims.html or contact Josh Green at joshuakgreen@gmail.com |
| Virginia | Haymarket |
Open water Swimming at
Haymarket, Virginia. Millbrook Quarry. Swimming is from 2:30 to 4:30 PM
on Sunday afternoons, Mid-April - September. $25 fee, wetsuits
required. More information at:
http://www.rehabtoracing.com/openwater.php |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsin Rapids |
http://www.rowsteam.com/ or Josh Hasenohrl,
joshhasenohrl@gmail.com. E-mail for information about days/times to swim in Lake Wazeecha. |
| Washington | Seattle/Kent | Tuesday nights at Seward Park in Seattle with triathlon training: June 9 – July 14. Wednesday nights at Lake Meridian in Kent with Triathlon Training: June 10 – August 26. $75 for 4 workouts, $110 for 6 workouts www.weraisethebar.com/training.html |
| Country, Ireland | Cork (South coast) |
Swim contacts in Ireland:
http://www.swimireland.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=678&Itemid=197
Ned Denison,
Phone: +353 87 987 1573 email:
ned.denison@corkopenwater.com, available for info about other Irish and European swims if someone
can't find out any other information.
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