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- NOWCA launches bright new badges to celebrate your winter swims
This season, NOWCA’s popular Sub10 milestone badges have a bright new look - Catherine Breed swims the entire California coast in 900-Mile challenge
The 33-year-old endurance swimmer spent nearly four months swimming from Oregon to Mexico, combining an extraordinary physical feat with a journey into the communities, landscapes and stories of California’s coastline - Can citizen science help bring our rivers back from the brink?
Back from the brink: The Rivers Trust explains why we need better data to tackle extreme river environments - New seaweed map
A new interactive map is turning thousands of citizen-recorded seaweed sightings into a picture of how climate change is reshaping the UK’s coastal ecosystems - Dip at the Docks in Liverpool: MPs support the Clean Water Bill
Culture Secretary and Sports Minister take the plunge for clean water at Labour Conference - Windermere hosts UK’s biggest gathering of outdoor swimming researchers
From jellyfish to sewage, Windermere played host to the year’s sharpest thinking on the water we swim in - A new chapter for HOWL The Haven
After 18 months of preparation and support from NOWCA, The Haven in Feltham has reopened its doors, bringing a much-loved stretch of open water back to the swimming community - Beyond The Breakers returns for third year
Outdoor Swimmer contributor Elaine Howley joins the speaker line-up - Olympians set new British relay record in English Channel for RLSS UK
Six British Olympians and elite open water swimmers have smashed the English Channel relay British record, completing the crossing in 6 hours 55 minutes – just three minutes short of the world record – to raise funds for RLSS UK. - 16-year-old completes solo English Channel swim in support of YoungMinds
Hertfordshire teenager Felipe Irvine crosses from Dover to France in 11 hours 20 minutes through Force 4 winds and heavy swell, just months after finishing his GCSEs - A new Dart 10k
You think you’ve swum the Dart10k? Think again. We find out how this iconic open water river swim has been rebuilt. - Three crossings, one challenge: meet the Viking Triple Crown
Inspired by Viking maritime history, the new challenge brings together the English Channel, SwimÖresund and Beltquerung in one ambitious goal for marathon swimmers