The Wild Swim Blog

What's the Difference between a Surf Wetsuit and an Open Water Swimming Wetsuit?

What's the Difference between a Surf Wetsuit an...

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...

What's the Difference between a Surf Wetsuit an...

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...

Wild Swimming Spot Check: Bude Sea Pool, Cornwall, UK

Wild Swimming Spot Check: Bude Sea Pool, Cornwa...

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...

Wild Swimming Spot Check: Bude Sea Pool, Cornwa...

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...

Top Tips for Dealing with the After Drop when Cold Water Swimming

Top Tips for Dealing with the After Drop when C...

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,...

Top Tips for Dealing with the After Drop when C...

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,...

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...

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...

Wild Swimming Spot Check: London Bridge Arch Torquay

Wild Swimming Spot Check: London Bridge Arch To...

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...

Wild Swimming Spot Check: London Bridge Arch To...

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...

Ironman Swim Training Plan

Training for a Sub 60 Minute Ironman Swim

  In December 2019; in a world that was a very different place than it is today, I decided to enter an Ironman competition as my first foray into the...

Training for a Sub 60 Minute Ironman Swim

  In December 2019; in a world that was a very different place than it is today, I decided to enter an Ironman competition as my first foray into the...