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Want to learn more about river swimming? Try kayaking
Whether learning how to find the fastest flow of water or avoiding hazards unique to rivers, Simon Griffiths suggests trying…
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Swimming in rivers: how dangerous is it?
Conservation experts The Rivers Trust report that only 14% of rivers pass good ecological health, while no rivers pass good…
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Go with the flow
Rivers have a beginning, middle and end – maybe that’s why so many of us love a river swim. Ella…
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World’s End Swimmers
Cold water and feminine strength, photographer Ana Elisa Sotelo captures the world’s southernmost swimmers. By Rowan Clarke.
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Three Gifts: a contract between two sea swimmers
Mark Radcliffe's new book Three Gifts tells the story of an unusual contract between two sea swimmers, and explores one…
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The story behind our ‘underwater’ cover with Lexi Laine
Ethereal, peaceful and otherworldly – freediving photographer Lexi Laine shares the stories behind our April cover.
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Water wildlife: ground nesting birds
While you’re no doubt wary of disturbing nesting swans while swimming outdoors, it’s always worth considering your impact on ground…
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Water wildlife: Great diving beetle
Susanne Masters introduces us to the Great diving beetle (Dytiscus marginalis), remarkable predators inhabiting slow-moving waterways, which carry a bubble…
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Diving for treasure: a history of pearl diving
Pearl diving is dangerous work that’s often been delegated to the marginalised and dispossessed. Elaine K Howley explores the history…
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Marine meditation: is freediving a natural extension of outdoor swimming?
Is freediving the preserve of the super-human or a natural extension of outdoor swimming and a gateway to a new…
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This must be underwater love
Photographer Lexi Laine invites us to dive into her underwater world. Words by Rowan Clarke.
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Andy Donaldson: Flying the flag for mental health
Oceans Seven challenger Andy Donaldson tells us why he's raising money for the Black Dog Institute, a mental health charity…
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Changing seasons, changing climate, changing strokes: the long history of swimming
Have you ever wondered about the origins of swimming? How about how we came to swim outdoors in the cooler…
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Myth busting: “Everything in the southern hemisphere water wants to eat me!”
Great whites, blue-ringed octopus and reef-dwelling cone snails: marine biologist, writer and broadcaster Dr Helen Scales introduces us some of…
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The colour of cold: swimming in Cape Town, South Africa
With water temperatures averaging 13 degrees Celsius and air temperatures seldom above 32 degrees, Cape Town, South Africa, is a…
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Brave New Waters
Author and Wild Swimming Brother, Jack Hudson traded his freshwater dips in the UK for a salty life in Australia…
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Women of the water
Women of the Water, by photographer Ana Elisa Sotelo Van Oordt, is a series of landscapes and nude installations exploring…
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Films, podcasts and books for swimmers
An investigation into water’s true nature, water-based adventure films and an exhilarating journey into deep time: what to read, watch…
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Meet illustrator, designer and cold water swimmer Evie Grace
Evie Grace studied illustration, graphic design and photography at university in Aberdeen before moving to Vancouver for a couple of…
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Myth busting: Can a pike bite my toes?
If you have swum in freshwater, you have swum with pike. They lurk – often unseen – in rivers, ponds,…
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Swimming on Scotland’s beaches
Stacey McGowan Holloway picks her top wild swimming spots from Scotland’s coast and islands, as featured in her guide book…
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Putting the sass and style into modest swimwear
If swimming is for everyone, why is it that some needs are still not met when it comes to suitable…
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Spring equinox: a swim to the music of time
As we approach the spring (or autumn) equinox, swimmers across the world celebrate the beginning of the seasons with their…
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Making time: a history of timekeeping
From stopwatches and Channel hardy pocket watches to the Swim-o-Matic, a semi-automatic timer accurate to one-thousandth of a second: Elaine…
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Sarah Thomas: Marathon Swimmer
Marathon swimmer Sarah Thomas reflects on the enormous highs and sinking lows of the past few years.
