Melbourne Winter Championship
Saturday 2nd of August, Mount Martha beach
2km, no-wetsuit race
Enter from April 11
About the swim
The event is produced and directed by the team from The Rip Swim.
The event is designed for swimmers who love cold water and like to race. The course will be an out-and-back 2km swim and start as a single wave. There will be no wetsuits (and no bouyancy shorts) allowed and water temperature will be close to 11 degrees celsius. FINA-approved open water suits will be allowed. Prizes will be given to all age-group winners.
Event details
Age group categories (male and female)
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16 - 39 - 'Water Babies' (open category)
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40 - 59 - 'Still figuring it out'
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60 -69 - 'Are we there yet?'
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70+ 'Never gonna give this up!'
Event Schedule
The event will take place in the morning. Further details will be announced in early April.
Entry Costs
Early Bird: $80
Standard: $100
Includes good quality swim cap and event certificate
Prizes/Trophy
Male and female winners of the Open (16-39) category will be crowned the Melbourne Winter Swimming Champions.
A perpetual trophy will feature the Open category winners.
All male and female winners of each category will be given a prize and have the honour of being crowned 'Melbourne Winter Swimming Age Group Champions.
Safety and Wellbeing
We will have plenty of water safety to watch you during the race. We will have a paramedic on hand and warm drinks at the conclusion of the event.
Traditional Finnish Sauna
We will have a mobile sauna for you after the event. You will be able to pre-book this when you register. Space will be limited so please consider this carefully.
Merchandise
When you register, you will be given the option to purchase merchandise only available to participants.
More about the event and the event company
The Rip Swim is presenting this inaugural winter race.
Grant Siedle, the director of The Rip Swim is proud to bring this new event to Melbourne.
As a very keen cold water swimmer and coach, he is passionate about giving swimmers new, exciting and original challenges.
He works with a highly professional team who understand what it takes to produce a successful event.
While this event is designed primarily as a race, you do not have to be an elite swimmer. However, we suggest that you are able to swim close to 42 minutes for the 2km.
We look forward to seeing who will become Melbourne's very first winter swimming champions!
Company Statistics
60 swimming events since 2012
8 Winter solstice events (5 at night)
29 Summer Rip crossings
5 Winter Rip crossings
1200 swimmers across "The Rip" since 2014