Swimming Guides - OpenWaterHQ

How Long Does It Take for a Pool to Heat Up by the Sun?

If your pool water is a little bit on the chilly side, you could heat it up with an electric ...

How to Fix Dead Grass From Above-Ground Pool

Many pool owners are surprised when, after leaving their above-ground pool on a patch of grass for just a few ...

What To Put Under Inflatable Pool On Grass

Above-ground pools, especially inflatable pools such as kiddie pools, are an affordable and straightforward way to get a pool set ...

What to Put Under Inflatable Pool on Concrete

Before you commit to installing a pool at your home, perhaps you want to do a trial run with an ...

Should You Put Artificial Grass Around Your Pool?

Your pool may be the main attraction of your yard, but it can look very barren without a lush green ...

Will Pool Water Kill Grass? The Effects of Chlorine and Salt on Your Lawn

Swimming pools only look good if the yard they’re in is also aesthetically pleasing. They complete each other; a swimming ...

How to Keep Grass Out of Pool When Mowing

Grass clippings can get tracked into your pool on people’s feet or they can get blown in by the wind ...

Can You Leave Pool Vacuum in Pool Overnight?

A robotic pool cleaner is perhaps one of the most expensive pieces of equipment they’ll own. That is why great ...

Can You Run Pool Robot While Shocking Pool?

Sometimes a small mistake can have enormous repercussions, and this is true of swimming pool maintenance. What you thought was ...

Do Robotic Pool Cleaners Pick up Algae?

Few things are as revolting as seeing your normally clean and pristine pool developing a green hue. A green pool ...

Open water swimming is pretty self-explanatory; it is simply swimming in any outdoor bodies of water including the open ocean, lakes, and even rivers. You can do it casually or competitively, such as in triathlons.

At the highest level, you can compete in prestigious competitions such as the FINA World Aquatics Championships, the FINA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup, and even at the Olympic Games. It is a discipline acknowledged across the world, as there are official events worldwide.

Wearing a wetsuit is highly recommended due to the risks involved with open water swimming. In competition, wetsuits are either permitted or restricted based on the distance of the swim and the water temperature.

In this section, we have compiled a list of all our guides related to open water swimming.