Swimming Guides - OpenWaterHQ

Should You Wash Your Swimsuit After Every Use?

You might have heard that some people don’t wash their jeans. The prevailing wisdom is that washing jeans will wear ...

How to Not Get Tanned While Swimming

As nice as it feels to go swimming on a hot summer day, unfortunately swimming outdoors comes with some risks ...

Are Swimming Caps Waterproof?

There is a big misconception that swimmers wear swim caps to keep their hair dry. First off, swim caps do ...

Best Bathing Suits to Hide Your FUPA

Who doesn’t want to have a flat belly? Unfortunately, it is extremely difficult to keep lower belly fat away these ...

How to Keep Chlorine From Damaging Your Swimsuit

It can be a nightmare trying to find the perfect bathing suit - from finding the most stylish colors and ...

Why Is My Bathing Suit Disintegrating?

Have you ever worn your bathing suit for a few months, only to one day find out that it has ...

How to Hide Love Handles in a Swimsuit

Another year has passed by and once again it’s time to put on your swimsuit and head to the beach ...

How Should a Speedo Fit?

No matter what your body shape is, you need to make sure that your swimsuit fits you tight so that ...

Why Are Women’s Bathing Suits So Revealing?

A one-piece swimsuit today means something different than the one Annette Kellerman, a pioneer of women’s swimsuits, wore in the ...

What is the Best Swimsuit for Scoliosis?

What swimwear to wear is a tough topic for people with scoliosis. For many, they would simply rather not go ...

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.