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Welcome to the 2018-2019 Port Nelson Summer Sea Swim Series

The 2018-2019 season starts November 8, 2018. Our sea swims have been held in Nelson, New Zealand over the summer on Thursday nights for the last 31 years.

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Each night there will be a short and a long course. The short swim will generally be 200m-500m, while the long swim will be 800m-1500m. Exact distances will vary depending on conditions.

Thursday Nights

The Port Nelson Summer Sea Swims are held each Thursday night at 6.15pm from the Nelson Yacht Club ramp on Wakefield Quay in Nelson, starting on November 8, 2018. The final competition night is in March.

Clements Endurance

The Clements Windows and Doors Endurance Series of four longer swims will provide an extra challenge, particularly for those swimmers targeting the national Ocean Swim series.

Endurance Series Dates

Sunday November 25, 11.30am Opening Splash (2km); Sunday January 6,11am, Eyebright Mile (2km); Sunday February 3, 9.30am, Haulashore Circuit (2.8km): Sunday February 17, 8.20am, Ironman Challenge (3.8km); The national Ocean Swim Series comes to Nelson in March with The Big Tahuna (3km), with shorter options.

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The Port Nelson Summer Sea Swims are held each Thursday night at 6.15pm starting on November 8, 2018, from the Nelson Yacht Club ramp on Wakefield Quay in Nelson. Swimmers must register by 6pm. Please check in at the ramp by 6pm.

On each night there will be a short and a long course. The short swim will generally be 300m-800m, while the long swim will be 1000m-1500m. Exact distances will vary depending on conditions.

Starts will be in waves, with the short swim starting first (orange caps). Competitors in the long course will start in three waves, at one minute intervals. Slower swimmers should choose the short course, with distances starting at 300m, but increasing to 600m by the end of the season.

Sea swims have been held in Nelson over the summer on Thursday nights for 31 years. For the first 20 years, the swims were organised by Peter Owen of the Nelson company Eyebright, and were known as the Eyebright swims. That historical link remains, with the annual Eyebright Mile, actually a swim of 2km.