OCEAN SWIMMING | BONDI

Swimming and training in the surf will get you fit and make you stronger in your general swim training. Learn and improve on your ocean skills and awareness. These sessions are specifically designed to impart our openwater expertise to both beginner and advanced ocean swimmers.

Consistent attendance to these sessions will help you build better skills, accelerate your ocean fitness and confidence in negotiating  the surf break, identify and utilise rips and sand banks to give you the best advantage in open water swim races, but will also get you fit and increase your capability and adaptability in the surf and ocean environments.  Become proficient in body surfing and navigating more challenging surf conditions with consistency in training in our FTW sessions.

Join a great team of ocean swimmers and surf swimming enthusiasts and even join the crew for a coffee and chinwag after each session.

For the safety and enjoyment of this session, a minimum of 1km continuous freestyle or more is required. If in doubt or if it’s your first time, contact us to help decide if this session is for you.

Face The Waves sessions BONDI BEACH:
Monday 6:00-7:00am
Tuesday 6:00-7:00pm*
Friday 6:00-7:00am
Saturday 7:00-8:00am

*Evening surf swim sessions run during daylight savings time starting November 2021.

Meet in front of the North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club, Bondi Beach.

Have you recently graduated from an Ocean Swimming Confidence Course? Or have you been swim training in a pool and are ready to take the next step in your ocean swimming journey?

If you’ve been building your freestyle distance and endurance in the pool (and managing at least 1000m of continuous freestyle), and now you want to feel more confident and capable of swim training in variable surf conditions; maybe you’re preparing for an ocean swim race/ a triathlon / or you’re taking on the surf lifesaving season as a surf competitor or want to be a fitter and more capable lifesaver this 5 week program is for you!

*can’t join the entire 5 weeks? Drop in sessions now available! Check the booking link here for booking options.

• Build your ocean awareness and surf knowledge – understand tides, swell, rips, and sand banks in real-time conditions
• Develop surf skills – confident entries, exits, navigation, and swimming in different conditions
• Increase stamina and swim fitness – training in the ocean to prepare your body and mind for race day, regular surf club training, or the demands of the bronze medallion
• Gain the confidence and competence to join our regular Face The Waves training sessions

Have you ever wanted to try ocean swimming in the surf but need some confidence and skills to do so?

Are looking to meet a group of likeminded ocean swimmers to play in the ocean with you, share the experiences of the surf and laugh off those nerves in the ocean together?

Are you looking to build your swim fitness all the while of learning the movements of the surf zone and open moving water, and have a ball?

Then this course is for you!

Our 3 week Ocean Swimming Confidence Course will introduce you to the magical ocean environment and the basics of swimming in open water, safely and with confidence.

You will learn to negotiate a surf break as well as the art of catching waves and the exhilaration of body surfing!

Join a small group of like-minded swimmers and be in a supportive and fun learning environment with the Mermaid herself Joanna Kyriazakos of Salty Fit.

The course will focus on :

• Ocean swimming techniques/ stroke.
• How to swim in waves- catch a wave in, reading the ocean, understanding where is safe to swim and how to tackle the surf.

Pre-requisite: must be able to swim +500m freestyle/ front crawl.

Every swimmer will get a complimentary Salty Fit swim cap – to make sure you look the part!

OCEAN SWIMMING CONFIDENCE 3 WEEK COURSE – BONDI BEACH
WHEN: Saturdays
TIME: 9:00am
PRICING: $160

Open Water swimming is becoming the go to form of exercise especially during lockdowns but also because growing media is exposing the benefits of thalassotherapy (swimming in salty ocean water) and also cold water swimming for mental and physical wellbeing.

These sessions are ideal for beginner ocean swimmers as they are held in less surf exposed locations and a favoured choice for swimmers wanting the challenge and fitness that moving water can offer (as opposed to flat water and pools). A great training ground for triathletes for building their navigation in open water environments for race practice.

A minimum of 500 metres of continuous freestyle is required to safely and confidently join these sessions.

We are currently unable to offer group lessons for our Eastern Suburbs location: register your interest here and we will let you know when these sessions can resume.