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We've decided to take on a new endurance sport this year called swim running.

And we've jumped in at the deep end and have gone for one of the toughest events on the calendar, the Breca Gower, which is a beast of a course consisting of over 42km of trail running and sea swimming in one continuous rac...

"Train harder, hurt less".

This simple but effective Royal Marines mantra is a great way to design your training program.

Here's a snippet of our Breca Gower training program, which we have designed to be harder than the event distances and are working through week by week.

The final dist...

Sea swimming is more than just recording your pace or number of strokes. It's also about being immersed in nature, in the ocean, and seeing all manner wildlife. Sure, most people use Strava now, but how do you capture the 'experience' of sea swimming?

We've drafted an 'Open Water Log Book' for all cl...

At last night's club session we had two very different levels of swimmer.

One was a seasoned IronMan athlete, who has competed in four IronMan Wales events and is doing his fifth one this year.

Andy's wife Nid was the other swimmer, having decided she wants to give sea swimming a go. Nid is a complet...

A 'thermocline' is the term used to describe an abrupt temperature gradient in a body of water such as a lake or sea, marked by a layer above and below which the water is at different temperatures.

Check out the temperature variations today from one side of Fresh East bay to the other. The average wa...

We've been asked recently for our opinion on which is the best swim towel for open water and sea swimming in particular, so we thought we would give a review of a tried and tested swim tow from Lomo.

There are two basic models from Loma for the swim tow float, which are the singular bladder or the dr...

Swimming to a deserted beach on a coastal adventure swim provides opportunity for a rest and to see some cool scenery and wildlife.

Accessible only by jumping off boat and swimming to the beach, once you're on the beach it's time to soak it up and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere before moving on.

Enou...

The Pembrokeshire coast is home to large number of seals who come to breed and give birth to their young.

It is possible on rare occassions that you may find yourself with a few unintended swim buddies whilst sea swimming in Pembrokeshire!

Swimming with seals is a fantastic experience, but there is a...

In this blog we examine the importance of balance in the water and demonstrate how the head is often responsible for a chain reaction of issues with the stroke.

Here you can see initially that the swimmer's arm is too straight on the overarm cycle.

Generally, especially in pool swimming, the arm shou...

We're happy to annouce that we have access to a locally owned and run hydropool or 'endless pool', which is perfect for those wishing to get 1-1 or small group tuition on their stroke.

The pool works by jetting out a powerful stream at one end allowing you to swim at slow/medium or fast speed and rem...

Welcome to our first wetsuit review. In this blog we will be reviewing the well-known Huub Archimedes II triathlon wetsuit.

Brand: Huub
Model: Archimedes II
Price: £275 reduced from £500+ as part of end of year sale.

Well after much hard work, practicles and theory study, Christmas arrived early as one of the Swim Pembrokeshire sea swimming club coaches has just received his certificate for the ASA Level 2 Award in Coaching Open Water Swimming.

Our team are fully qualified swimming coaches holding the level 1 s...

For many the thought of swimming in the ocean after the summer is enough to bring shivers down their spine, literally. However swimming in the autumn and winter can be extremely rewarding in many ways.

The varied sea conditions will build your confidence and being able to handle anything the sea thro...

We had a good day yesterday at the 'Year of the Sea' event organised by Pembrokeshire Tourism. 

Although there are many factors to consider before getting to the pull phase in freestyle, the correct arm angle in the pull phase is critical to maximise power and stroke efficiency and thus propulsion through the water.

Here we analyse stroke techniques of two swimmers.

Swimming style or triathlon wetsuits are designed as they are to be more flexible to allow maximum movement during the swimming motion.

The downside of this is that they are often not much more than 3mm thick and in some cases such as the high end wetsuits, 1.5mm, which means they are especially pron...

Live on the edge - go sea swimming at night!

This video is from our night swim event on 11th November, about 200m offshore.

After a safety briefing each swimmer was issued with a bright glow stick and rubber band to secure it to their goggle straps.

A beach side fire pit contained a roaring fire and ...

Who ever said sea swimming is just something you do in daylight?

Get even more thrills from your open water swimming experience by swimming at night.

Swim Pembrokeshire will be doing a night swim at Freshwater East early November.

We'll all have neon glow sticks and will be accompanied by safety kayaks...

Luckily, most jellyfish in the waters around Pembrokeshire are harmless and their stings are mild, similar to a nettle sting.

Late September however saw the arrival of quite a few 'Portuguese Man o War' jellyfish.

Although not common in the seas around Pembrokeshire they're not unheard of, but do som...