Southern California Open Water Swims - 2020

Note: Many 2020 swims have been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please click through to the organizers’ websites for current information.

Calendar of organized ocean swims, lake swims, and other open-water swim races in Southern California. Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego Counties. Confirmed 2020 dates.
DateSwimLocationTypeDistance
4/25/2020 OC Swim Series Mission Viejo lake 1 mi, 2 mi
5/9/2020 OC Swim Series Mission Viejo lake 1 mi, 2 mi
6/13/2020 Huntington Beach Pier Swim Huntington Beach ocean ~0.5 mi
6/14/2020 Hermosa Beach Pier Swim Hermosa Beach ocean 1 mi
6/27/2020 Santa Monica Pier 360 Santa Monica ocean 1.2 mi
7/4/2020 Coronado Roughwater Coronado ocean 1 mi
7/17/2020 Legacy OWS Long Beach ocean 750m, 1500m
7/19/2020 San Clemente Ocean Fest San Clemente ocean 1 mi
9/13/2020 La Jolla Open Water Swim La Jolla ocean 1 mi
9/20/2020 Tiki Swim Oceanside ocean 1.2 mi, 2.4 mi
9/27/2020 LJC 10 mile Relay La Jolla ocean 10 mi
9/??/2020 Tour de Nado Coronado ocean 800m, 2.5km, 5km
weekly, Jun-Aug Reef and Run Santa Barbara, CA ocean 500m, 1 km, 1 mi
weekly, May-Aug Nite Moves Santa Barbara, CA ocean 1 km

2020 dates not yet known

DateSwimLocationTypeDistance
6/22/2019 Seal Beach Roughwater Seal Beach ocean 1 mi, 5-km
6/23/2019 Pier to Cove Swim La Jolla ocean 1.5 mi
6/29/2019 Semana Nautica 1 mile Santa Barbara ocean 1 mi
6/30/2019 Semana Nautica 3 mile Santa Barbara ocean 3 mi
7/7/2019 Semana Nautica 6 mile Santa Barbara ocean 6 mi
7/13/2019 Newport Pier to Pier Newport Beach ocean 2 mi
7/14/2019 Swim the Avenues Redondo Beach ocean 0.5 mi, 1 mi
7/28/2019 Optimist Club Sports Fiesta Coronado ocean 1 mi
8/3/2019 Don Burns Corona Del Mar Swim Corona del Mar ocean 1 mi
8/4/2019 Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier Manhattan Beach ocean 2 mi
8/18/2019 Naples Island Swims Naples canal 1 mi, 3 mi, 0.5 km, 1 km
9/2/2019 Labor Day Pier Swim Oceanside ocean 1 mi
9/15/2019 OC Swim Series Mission Viejo lake 1 mi, 2 mi
9/22/2019 Mission Mile Mission Viejo lake 1 mi, 2 mi
11/28/2019 Turkey Brine Pier Swim Huntington Beach ocean 0.5 mi