Open Water Swimming - WA

20/10/2026

WA officials appointed for the 2027 Australian Open Water Championships! 🌊

🗞 Find out who’s been appointed:

Fourteen officials from Western Australia have been appointed to the 2027 Australian Open Water Championships in Bunbury from January 21-24. Among those appointed are WA Chief Referee Kaye Bolger (Albany) and Swimming WA Life Member Steven Hill (UWA West Coast), who bring extensive experience in tec...

06/10/2026

A perfect pairing for a day by the water. ☀️🌊

We’re excited to welcome Maxiblock as a new partner of the Swimming WA Open Water Swimming Series.

02/10/2026

Western Australia is the home of open water swimming 🌊

Three organisations. One shared goal. Making WA the destination for open water swimming.

Bring on summer 2026-27 ☀️

🎥 Rottnest Channel Swim + Port to Pub footage / Clip Media

17/09/2026

The 2026/27 season is almost here. 🌊

Registrations open 9am tomorrow, 18 September. Set your alarm. ⏰

🔗 To register, visit www.openwaterswimming.com.au

07/09/2026

LOCATIONS REVEALED 🌊

We’re excited to reveal the locations for the 2026/27 Open Water Swimming Series.

The countdown doesn’t stop here... registrations open next week!

03/09/2026

WA is set to become the new home of endurance swimming. 🌊

Perth will soon be home to Australia’s first and only dedicated Endurance Swimming Hub, following a $2.55 million investment from the Cook Government.

The Hub will create new opportunities for WA’s distance and open water swimmers to train, develop and compete at the highest level - right here at home.

🗞 Read the full story: wa.swimming.org.au/news-articles/perth-become-home-australias-first-endurance-swimming-hub

02/09/2026

BIG NEWS! Arena Australia joins the OWS Series! 🤝

The wait is over… we’re excited to officially welcome Arena Australia as the Event Partner of the Swimming WA Open Water Swimming Series for the next three years!

Arena has been a huge part of swimming at every level, and we’re so excited to have them supporting the growth of open water swimming in WA.

We can’t wait to see what the next three years bring. 🙌

🗞 Read the full announcement: wa.swimming.org.au/news-articles/arena-australia-joins-swimming-wa-open-water-swimming-series-event-partner

27/08/2026

North Coast’s Bianca Monaco and Eleanor Flowers have been selected to represent Australia at the 2026 Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Argentina 🇦🇷

The pair will take on the 10km event on Thursday, 3 September.

24/08/2026

Darwin: done and dusted 🌴

🥈 Eleanor Flowers
🥉 Bianca Monaco

Medals for our WA girls in the 3km Knockout at the Australian Open Water Cup in Darwin.

North Coast Swim Club

10/07/2026

This Page wasn’t written overnight… a bucket list swim, now complete. 📖

JOSIE PAGE HAS DONE IT! 💙

On 3 July, WA open water swimmer Josie Page achieved what few swimmers around the world ever accomplish... successfully conquering the iconic English Channel crossing.

Completing approximately 50km between England and France in an incredible 9 hours and 54 minutes, Josie took on one of the world’s toughest open water challenges, battling cold water, tides, currents and ever-changing conditions.

Her incredible swim also places her among Australia’s marathon swimming greats, becoming the seventh Australian woman to complete the solo English Channel crossing in under 10 hours.

Just months ago, Josie was volunteering at WA’s Big Ocean Relay while preparing for this once-in-a-lifetime challenge. Now she can proudly add English Channel swimmer to her incredible open water journey.

"Little girl Josie would be so proud of this one… onto the next." 💫

Huge congratulations, Josie!!

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