Open water competitions bring together swimmers from clubs across South Australia. They’re a chance to challenge yourself, enjoy a bit of friendly rivalry and catch up with familiar faces — often before you’ve even reached the starting line!
Swimmers gathering before the Proc Classic start
Upcoming events near Adelaide
Unlike pool competitions, you don’t usually enter open water events via SwimCentral.
Open water swims are published in lots of places (sometimes just one of several places). THat makes it a bit hard to find what’s really available and how to enter. On this pages we try to do our best to put all the events you can enter near Adelaide into one place. Once an event is officially published it should be listed on the MSSA events page, with links to where to register. It could also appear in searches on Ocean Swims (you’ll need to add in the dates). It can also appear on Webscorer.
Events roughly as they’ve been in previous years
Mid-December morning swim: Ruth Ziegeler swim (Seacliff)
Starts and finishes: Seacliff Patrol Tower
There’s an 800m circuit around some buoys. Event options are one or two laps.
Atlantis Masters Swimming Club runs this event. Check their Facebook page for most recent updates.
28th December morning swim: Proclamation Classic swim (Glenelg)
Starts and finishes: South Glenelg Jetty
There’s a 1km circuit around some buoys. Event options are one or two laps.
Adelaide Masters Swimming Club runs this event. You can check our Facebook page for updates.
Early-January morning swim: Pub to Pub swim (Seacliff to Brighton)
Starts: Seacliff Hotel
Finishes: Brighton Hotel
This is a 1.6km point-to-point swim.
Atlantis Masters Swimming Club runs this event. Check their Facebook page for most recent updates.
Mid-January morning swim: State Open Water Championships (Somerton)
Starts and finishes: Somerton Beach
Event options are usually 1km or 3km.
Marion Masters Swimming Club runs this event. Check the MSSA events page for registration links and updates.
Late-January morning swim: Jetty to Jetty swim (Grange to Henley)
Starts: Grange Beach
Finishes: Henley Beach
This is a 2.2km point-to-point swim.
Masters Swimming SA runs this event. Check the MSSA events page for registration links and updates.
Early-February morning swim: Brighton Jetty Classic (Brighton)
Starts and finishes: Brighton Jetty
Event options are usually 100m, 400m and 1.5km.
Brighton Surf Life Saving Club runs this event. Check the Brighton Jetty Classic website for updates.
14 February – Sunday morning swim: Pink & Blue Swim (West Beach)
Starts and finishes: West Beach
Swim event options are 200m, 500m and 1km.
West Beach Surf Life Saving Club runs this event.
Registrations open November 1st. Check the Pink & Blue Swim page for updates.
Mid-February morning swim: Henley Beach swim (Henley Beach)
Starts and finishes: Henley Beach
Event options are usually 1km or 2km.
Henley Beach Masters Swimming Club runs this event. Check the MSSA events page for registration links and updates.
Early-March afternoon swim: Port Elliot swim (Port Elliot)
Starts and finishes: Horseshoe Bay
There’s a 900m circuit around some buoys. Event options are one or two laps.
Atlantis Masters Swimming Club runs this event. Check their Facebook page for most recent updates.
Mid-March morning swim: Noarlunga Reef swim (Port Noarlunga)
Starts and finishes: Port Noarlunga Jetty
Event options are usually 1.5km, 2.5km or 5km.
Noarlunga Masters Swimming Club runs this event. Check the MSSA events page for registration links and updates.
