The Wild Swim Blog

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...
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...

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...
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...

How to Look After your Wetsuit - A Step by Step...
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...
How to Look After your Wetsuit - A Step by Step...
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...

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, 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 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,...