The Wild Swim Blog

Tips and Tricks for Preparing for Different Water Temperatures
Tips and Tricks for Preparing for Different Water Temperatures
Tips and Tricks for Preparing for Different Water Temperatures Open water swimming can be an exhilarating and rewarding experience, but it can also be challenging, especially when it comes to... Read more...
Top 5 Tips for the First Time Swimming in a Wetsuit
Top 5 Tips for the First Time Swimming in a Wetsuit
  Are you a first-time wetsuit swimmer? Whether you're a seasoned pool swimmer or a beginner in open water, swimming in a wetsuit can be a new experience. Wetsuits can... Read more...
The Wild Swimmer's Gift Guide
The Wild Swimmer's Gift Guide
This time of year can be so overwhelming, so we have put together a little gift guide with a selection of pressies to help find you the perfect gift for that Wild... Read more...
Top 10 Tips for Wild Swimming
Top 10 Tips for Wild Swimming
New to Outdoor Swimming? Well here are the top 10 things we wish we knew before we started! From Cold Water Shock Safety advice to which camera to catch your... Read more...
What to Pack for an Open Water Swimming Holiday
What to Pack for an Open Water Swimming Holiday
Packing for my trip to the USA I found it hard to choose what to take and what to leave.  Considering I was going to be swimming in everything from... Read more...
Top Tips for Wild Swimming in Spring
Top Tips for Wild Swimming in Spring
We don't know about you but we sigh a huge sense of relief when spring has sprung, the sign that we've made it through the darker winter months and the... Read more...
How to Look After your Wetsuit - A Step by Step Guide
How to Look After your Wetsuit - A Step by Step Guide
So you've invested in a wetsuit to swim in but how do you look after it?  Here we will run you through the Top Tips for Looking After Your Wetsuit, so... Read more...
What's the Difference between a Surf Wetsuit and an Open Water Swimming Wetsuit?
What's the Difference between a Surf Wetsuit and an Open Water Swimming Wetsuit?
A wetsuit is a wetsuit right?   Well yes and no.  If you are just getting into cold water swimming, and have an old surf wetsuit stashed away it will... Read more...
Wild Swimming Spot Check: Bude Sea Pool, Cornwall, UK
Wild Swimming Spot Check: Bude Sea Pool, Cornwall, UK
Words by Tam Being a huge fan of wild swimming in tidal pools or sea pools, I had often heard great things about the Bude Sea Pool on the North... Read more...
Top Tips for Dealing with the After Drop when Cold Water Swimming
Top Tips for Dealing with the After Drop when Cold Water Swimming
What is the After Drop? After swimming in cold water, your body temperature will continue to drop for anything up to 20 minutes which is known as the After-drop.  Remember,... Read more...
Winter Wild Swimming in Mermaid Pools
Winter Wild Swimming in Mermaid Pools
Photo by Jo Clement It was one of those perfect winter days, a cold crisp morning where the car windscreen was covered in a blanket of white ice and the... Read more...
Wild Swimming Spot Check: London Bridge Arch Torquay
Wild Swimming Spot Check: London Bridge Arch Torquay
One of my most memorable swims ever was when I got the opportunity for a sunrise swim out to London Bridge Arch in Devon.   The impressive limestone arch pokes... Read more...