Organising regular weekly open water sea swims on a regular basis with the required safety cover for insurance purposes is difficult to resource and as such can be quite expensive. There are small private businesses in the area with fully qualified swim instructors and insurance cover.
As a Club we offer the following:
8 Sea Swim Buoys off Goodrington North Sands (near the Cantina Kitchen and Bar). These were purchased by the Club and are permanently located beyond the low tide mark to provide a visible marked rectangle of around 400m. To reach the buoys from the shore adds an extra 100-200m depending on the tide. These are obviously available to the whole community at any time.
Sea swim ‘Member Only’ events (adhoc Wednesdays at around 6pm). Subject to available people and kayaks for safety cover we plan to hold ‘Member Only’ events on a monthly basis through the summer months. These events use our above buoys and will typically be Aquathlons (Swim-Run).
Afterwards a number of Members like to show off their baking ability and provide free cake! This has resulted in our annual ‘Cake Off’ competition hosted by Cantina in the Autumn (see the link to ‘Cake Club’ for the amazing entries we have seen over the years).
