(updated 2025) Since our team's first English Channel swims in 1985, channel swimming and marathon swimming around the world has grown tremendously. Here some relevant and helpful links to other websites:
English Channel Swimming Organisations + more
- Channel Swimming Association (CSA) - first English Channel swimming organisation founded in 1927.
- Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation (CS&PF) founded in 2001
Varne Ridge Holiday Park - great caravan park/appartments for English Channel swimmers and teams near Dover - does not exist any more, unfortunately.
Training races, swims, training holidays, coaching
- Dover Channel Training Group - every weekend from April to Sept.
- Zurich Lake Sri Chinmoy/Marathon Swim (26,4 km) - Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team
- The King's Swimmers - training with Kevin Murphy (factual King of the Channel, 34x EC) and his team
- Lake Windermere (North Swim) / swimyourswim.com/category/windermere-solo/
- Chill Swim - for cold water training
- SwimTrek Swims + Coaching
- Strel-Swimming - with Big River Man Martin Strel and his son Borut
- OceanWalker UK - by Adam Walker
- CDW - Cork Distance Week /Sandycove Swimmers, Ireland (invitational)
- Swim with Sal (MBE) Coaching, Jersey UK
Other Open Water Swimming Organisations
- The British Long Distance Swimming Association
- Serpentine Swim Club London
- Jersey Long Distance Swimming (UK) - Round Jersey, Jersey to France
- Freedom Swim South Africa (Robben Island)
- Gibraltar Straits Swimming Association, Spain
- Catalina Swimming Federation, California
- NYOW - New York Open Water (new organisers of the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim)
- Swim Around Manhattan NY - 20 Bridges Swim
- Cook Strait Swim, NZ
- Tsugaru Channel Swimming Organisation, Japan
- North Channel Swimming, Ireland
- Molakai Channel / Ka'iwi Channel Swimming
- Ocean Swims Australia
- Rottnest Channel Swim, Perth, Australia
- Lake Geneva Swimming Organisation, CH
- WOWSA World Open Water Swimming Organisation
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
Other Sites about Open Water Swimming
- Bill Finlay's Solo Swimming Website
- Nick Adams' old Channel Swimming site
- Openwaterpedia
- Marathon Swimmers Forum
- Long Swims Database
- Oceans7 (7 Channels)
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Open Water Swimming Blogs /Swimmers' Blogs
- Daily News of Openwater Swimming - all the latest news of the open water swimming world
- LoneSwimmer - the world`s most popular open water swimming blog
- Lynne Cox, Pioneer Swimmer
- Lewis Pugh, Ocean Advocate, Pioneer Swimmer
- Kim Swims (Oceans7 swimmer)
- Adam Walker (Oceans7 swimmer)
- Marcy McDonald (US)
- Chloe McCardel (new Queen of the EC, 44 solos)
Outdoor Swimmer Magazine
Mail Order Swim Shops
- Kiefer Sports
- Swimoutlet
- Proswimwear UK
- Swimthelakes.co.uk - open water swim shop
- Simsecure.co.uk
- Decathlon
(If you feel an important link is missing, pls. let us know!)