Open Water Swim Guides
These guides are practical — but they’re not exhaustive, and they’re not prescriptive.
They’re written for swimmers who want enough structure to feel safe and prepared, without turning the experience into something rigid or over-managed.
I’m less interested in perfect plans than in helping people feel oriented:
what matters, what doesn’t, and what’s worth paying attention to as conditions change.
Use these as reference points, not rules.
What open water swimming actually involves, what tends to surprise people, and how to begin without overthinking.
How pool work can support open water swimming, without trying to turn one into the other.