The Swansea Swim Saturday, May 24, 2025
Event Info

The Swansea Swim Information

The Swansea Swim

Date: Saturday, May 24, 2025

Location: Swansea, Wales

Medal Events: 3K, 1.5K & 750M SWIM

Competitors: 500

Format: The swims are set in the safe, clean and sheltered waters of the Prince of Wales Dock, Swansea, on the eve of the Swansea Triathlon. With the incredible city atmosphere and bonus of calm waters, this is the ideal swim for a first timer or a practice swim opportunity for the triathlon! 3 distances available. Can you do the double? Enter the swim and the triathlon to get the ultimate bragging rights!! The Swansea Swim can be entered by anyone who feels they are capable of competing. Athletes with a registered disability will need to contact the race office to discuss whether the race is suitable and safe to enter

Event Itinerary

To work out where you need to be and when, simply check out our itinerary of events below.

  • Saturday 24th May 2025

    • 10am - 3pm
      Registration
      Dylan Thomas Centre
    • 2pm
      3k Swansea Swim Start
      SA1 Dock
    • 3pm
      1.9k Swansea Swim Start
      SA1 Dock
    • 3.30pm
      750m Swansea Swim Start
      SA1 Dock
Out of interest which Activity Wales races are you doing?? Out of interest which Activity Wales races are you doing??

Top Tip - Start with a sprint tri early in the season. Swansea is a good one to get your confidence up as the swim is in SA1 Dock which is a great environment as you don’t have to battle the seas tide and currents.

‘Plan some regular swim sets’ ‘Plan some regular swim sets’

It’s important to keep your threshold swimming going over during the ‘off’ season. Below you find two swim sessions which will help you going into the winter months. Try these twice a week and record your times. You can adjust the rest times and distances according to your ability. Feel free to reach out to the coaches at Heathwood swimming in Cardiff for extra help or any questions you may have regarding swim sets or drills.

‘It’s getting colder & the weather is changing’ ‘It’s getting colder & the weather is changing’

For most of us the open water swimming season is coming to an end or is basically over. In October the UK water temperature in the sea, lakes & reservoirs are dropping rapidly and where you were able to swim in 17 to 20 degrees its now more like 12 or 13oc.

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  • LC2
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