List of organized marathon swim races in the U.S. – 10K (6 miles) or longer. 2012 dates if available; if not, 2011 dates are shown. Please leave additional suggestions in comments.
when what where dist loops current
4/21/2012 Nike Swim Miami Miami, FL 10K 5 no
4/21/2012 Tampa Bay Marathon Swim Tampa, FL 24M 0 tidal
5/18/2012 Pensacola Bridge Swim Pensacola, FL 25K
5/20/2012 Pensacola Bridge Swim Pensacola, FL 10K 1
6/2/2012 Potomac River Swim Hull Neck, VA to Pt Lookout S.P., MD 7.5M 0
6/3/2012 Diamond Lake Challenge Cassopolis, MI 10K 4 no
6/9/2012 Great Salt Lake Marathon Swim Salt Lake City, UT 8.12M 0 no
6/9/2012 Del Valle OW Festival Livermore, CA 10K 4 no
6/16/2012 FKCC Swim Around Key West Key West, FL 12M 1 tidal
6/16/2012 Son of a Swim Newport, VT 6M no
6/23/2012 Swim Around Key West Key West, FL 12M 1 tidal
6/23/2012 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim New York, NY 28.5M 1 river
6/25/2012 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim Catskill, NY to NYC various 0 river
7/7/2012 Kingdom Swim Newport, VT 10M 1 no
7/8/2012 Semana Nautica 6-mile Swim Santa Barbara, CA 6M 0 no
7/14/2012 USMS 10K Nationals Jacksonville, OR 10K no
7/22/2012 Portland Bridge Swim Portland, OR 11M 0 river
7/28/2012 USMS 9+ mile Nationals Lake Minnetonka, MN 10M 1 no
7/28/2012 Swim Across the Sound Bridgeport, CT 25K 0
8/7/2011 Swim for Freedom Lake Geneva, WI 8M 0 no
8/11/2012 Deer Creek Swims Charleston, UT 10K 1
8/11/2012 Deer Creek Swims Charleston, UT 10M 1
8/12/2012 Swim to the Moon Hell, MI 10K 1
8/12/2012 Pennock Island Challenge Ketchikan, AK 8.2M 1
8/12/2012 Change Your Latitude 57˚ Sitka, AK 10K 1
8/18/2012 Ederle Swim New York, NY 17.5M 0 tidal
8/18/2012 Rose Pitonof Swim New York, NY 17M 0 tidal
8/18/2012 Boston Light Swim Boston, MA 8M 0 tidal
8/18/2012 Lake Tahoe Open Water Swim Lake Tahoe, CA 10K 2 no
8/19/2012 Distance Swim Challenge Los Angeles, CA 12.6M 0
8/19/2012 Horsetooth Swim Fort Collins, CO 10K 0 no
8/20/2011 RiverFest Endurance Swim Oregon City, OR 11.7M 0 river
8/25/2012 CAST Classic Coeur d'Alene, ID 10K 4 no
8/25/2012 Lake George Open Water Swim Hague, NY 10K 4 no
9/8/2012 CIBBOWS Aquarium New York, NY 10K 2 no
9/8/2012 In Search of Memphre Newport, VT 25M 0 no
9/15/2012 That Dam Swim The Shoals, AL 10K
9/18/2011 Swim for the Potomac National Harbor, MD 10K 8 no
9/22/2012 Little Red Lighthouse Swim New York, NY 10K 0 river
9/23/2012 La Jolla Cove 10-mile La Jolla, CA 10M 10 no
9/29/2012 Bridge to Bridge San Francisco, CA 10K 0 tidal
10/5/2012 Swim the Suck Chattanooga, TN 10M 0 river
10/13/2012 Lake Travis Relay Austin, TX 10M 0 no
10/14/2012 Bermuda Round-the-Sound Bermuda 10K 1
10/23/2011 Swim Around Charleston Charleston, SC 12M 0 tidal
11/10/2012 Bale of Tortuga's Conroe, TX 10K no
Evan – Here’s a few more – some without 2012 dates…
1) the Rose Pitonof Swim, NYC 18 August 2012 http://rosepitonofswim.com/
It’s 17 miles.
Interestingly it’s on the same day as the Ederle Swim and the courses have a large overlap. I did it in 2011 and it was a blast.
2) That Dam Swim, Chattanooga, TN 15 Sept 2012 http://www.shoalssharks.com 12 miles
3) Aquarium 10k, Coney Island, NY 8 Sept 2012 http://www.cibbows.org
4) Flat River Reservoir Challenge 10k , Coventry RI (late Sept?) http://www.swimnem.org/wordpress/open-water-swimming/
5) Swim For the Potomac 10k, National Harbor, MD (mid-late Sept?) http://www.swimforthepotomac.com/
6) Swim Around Charleston, 12 miles, Charleston, SC, http://www.swimaroundcharleston.com/ (mid-late October?)
BTW, thanks for the tip on using SolRx sunscreen. It is EXCELLENT.
Best,
LBJ
Thanks Leonard!
Hi, just discovered your site. This calendar is awesome!
Just FYI, I clicked the link you have posted for last year’s Deer Creek swim and they have a date posted for 2012 (it’s August 11).
I also know of a new 10K event this year in Livermore, CA
Here’s the link: http://www.teamunify.com/TabGeneric.jsp?_tabid_=49665&team=tvm
If I’m reading the map correctly, it’s going to be a 4 loop course.
Thanks for the info, Meredith! Great to know about the new 10K at Lake Del Valle. I was there in 2010 for the 1.5-mile USMS championship. Love the location… though I can’t say I’m a fan of 4-loop 10Ks