Denis Crean, a businessman and longtime swimming coach, has pursued his passion for open-water swimming in just about every kind of waterway. He has overcome headwinds at Lake George in Upstate New ...

Down the Jersey Shore as a kid, I used to marvel at older guys who’d casually swim just beyond the break. While my brother and I were skipping a Waboba, they’d move north or south, parallel to the ...

Last summer I marked the 40th anniversary of my initiation to open-water racing. I joined the Jones Beach Lifeguard Corps in 1973, and, as one of the better open-water distance swimmers, began to ...

Don't just survive your next open water swim. Here's how to nail your swim when it takes you outside the (chlorinated) box. Transitioning from the pool to the open water is one of the toughest—and ...

Open-water swimming can stress triathletes out, but it doesn’t have to. Photo: Donald Miralle for IRONMAN Unless you got into triathlon via swimming, the first leg of your first race is likely going ...

Paris Olympic medallists and a host of world champions will headline this year’s $50,000 Australian Open Water Championships and Ocean Swim Festival at Busselton in Western Australia. For the first ...

Carved into the rocks and replenished by the tides, these picturesque coastal wonders provide bracing saltwater and wide open views — no sharks allowed. Carved into the rocks and replenished by the ...