Beach Series

20/10/2026

Big welcome to GLYDE, our official wetsuit sponsor for the 2026/27 Takapuna Beach Series! 🌊

GLYDE is designed right here in NZ by people who’ve spent 20+ years swimming, coaching and fitting wetsuits, so they know what feels good in the water.

As well as wetsuits, they’ve got swim gear to help with training and our Tuesday-night racing.

Perfect timing, with race one just two weeks away on Tuesday 3 November.

👉 glydeswim.com
👉 swimt3.co.nz
👉 The Swim Shop, 66 Mt Eden Road

Tag a mate who needs a new wetsuit before race one!

GlydeSwim

18/10/2026

It was absolutely stunning down at the beach over the weekend - I can’t wait to see y’all down there on Tuesday nights! 🎉

13/10/2026

We’ve moved on Instagram! 📸

We’ve lost access to our old Instagram account. After several weeks of trying, including Instagram’s support portal, we haven’t been able to get it back. 😢

So we’re starting fresh with a new account. Follow us at for race updates, photos and results from the season.

And if you know someone at Meta, or you’ve been through this yourself and know a fix, please get in touch. We’d love to recover the old account! 🙏

Please give us a follow and share this with your fellow beach racers so they can find us too! 🌊🏃‍♀️

03/10/2026

Prices Increase Tonight!!!

Today is the last day of our Super Early Bird pricing - make sure you jump in now and secure the cheapest price this season.

Eight summer evenings at Takapuna - swim, SUP or beach run - what's not to love?

https://beachseries.co.nz/

30/09/2026

People are still rushing to enter, so to make it a little easier we've extended the deadline of the Super Earlybird to this Sunday, 4th October.

That's it though - prices increase on Sunday night, so get in now!

https://beachseries.co.nz/

21/09/2026

We're live!

Entries are open: https://beachseries.co.nz/

We now have 3 different categories of events:
- Standard: Covers the primary distances (1000m, 1500m, 2000m swim / 3k, 4k SUP)
- Sprint: A little bit cheaper and covers entry level distances (500m swim / 1.5k SUP), plus the 5k beach run
- Kids: Cheaper still (as in free!) and covers both the 250m swim and 2.5k run

We are also offering two levels of season passes:
- Full: For all 8 events
- Half: Any 4 events
(Note that to qualify for season points, you must compete in at least 4 events in your chosen discipline.)

So why not head on over to https://beachseries.co.nz/ and register now - what are you waiting for! 😄

(Note that there is still some information missing from the website. We're busy sorting that out this week, but registrations are ready to go)

14/09/2026

The beach run is back!!! 🎉

We took a break from the beach run to run (pun intended) an experiment with the sandbox, an event that incorporated crossfit style exercises with a little bit of running included. Those that did it enjoyed the experience, but unfortunately it didn't achieve the numbers we were hoping for.

So we're going back to our roots, and are bringing back the 5k beach run! 🏃
It will be coming with a couple of minor changes that we'll hopefully share in a few days...

05/09/2026

It’s a beautiful day down here at Takapuna Beach for the North Shore Marathon! If you’re in the area, pop by and say hi.

05/09/2026

I'll be hanging out with https://northshoremarathon.co.nz/ down at Takapuna Beach tomorrow morning if you were interested in popping by for a chat about our next season...

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