Open Water Squads

SwimWell offers now Open Water Swim Squads on two locations on 5 days along Melbourne's Port Philip Bay Beaches. These conditioning sessions are suitable for intermediate and advanced swimmers.

Duration: 1hr

Distance covered approx. 3k.

Cost: $15

Your coach will hold the sessions either from a kayak or the beach. Program for each session will be the same on the day for each location.

Intro to Open Water is sold out - new course coming soon.

Locations

The sessions will be held at:

Elwood - Life Saving Club
Half Moon Bay or Mentone

Any changes due to weather conditions will be posted by 6pm the day before on the Bay Open Water Swimmers Facebook Group.

Please arrive early and get ready to swim before the session starts.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we cannot offer any facilities other than what's available to the public.

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Bookings

Open Water Swim Squad -Elwood
Service Information
Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat
1 hr
15 Australian dollars
Open Water Swim Squad - Half Moon Bay
Service Information
Sunday
1 hr
15 Australian dollars
OWS Squad - Half Moon Bay or Mentone
Service Information
Mon, Wed, Fri
1 hr
15 Australian dollars
Open Water Swim Squad - Mentone
Service Information
Saturday
1 hr
15 Australian dollars

Your Coaches

All three coaches have been active in the Bayside Swimming Community for many years and are very proud of having helped many swimmers achieve their dream of competing at Kona or swimming the English Channel.

Peter Hendriks

Peter is a certified Total Immersion Swim Coach and is passionate about all things technique and open water swimming.

Charlie Evans

Charlie is an accredited ASCTA Swim Coach and instructor and Open Water Enthusiast.

Robert 'Butch' Butcher

Butch is an accredited ASCTA swim coach and one of Melbourne's most experienced Squad instructors.