Outdoor Swimmer Magazine

This is our biggest pool special yet! 💙

Outdoor Swimmer Magazine September 2026 issue | Pool Passion Pre-order the September 2026 issue and dive into Pool Passion, our biggest pool special yet, featuring Mark Foster, Sharon van Rouwendaal, UK lidos, Sea Lanes Canary Wharf and more.

This is an awesome prize bundle ✨️

WIN a Kendal Mountain Festival package - Outdoor Swimmer Magazine We’ve teamed up with Kendal Mountain Festival and Dryrobe to offer a festival package made for outdoor swimmers

What's your favourite thing about swimming in September? 💙

Here's our rundown of the best jammers, briefs and shorts for outdoor swimmers 💦

Best jammers, briefs and shorts for outdoor swimmers - Outdoor Swimmer Magazine Whether you’re after a flexible fit for training, thermal fabric for core warmth or a lightweight hybrid short for impromptu dips, we’ve got you covered with our guide to the best jammers, briefs and shorts for outdoor swimmers.

Have you checked out London's cool new pool?! 😍

London's cool new pool - Outdoor Swimmer Magazine Earlier this summer, before the heatwaves and hosepipe bans, Sea Lanes opened a cool new pool tucked into Canary Wharf, fed by underground springs. Ella Foote chats to Operations Director Helen Bull and Marketing Director Harry Smith to find out how London’s newest swimming offer is taking off.

Who would you nominate as your swimming hero? 💙

WOWSA Awards in partnership with Outdoor Swimmer - Outdoor Swimmer Magazine Thursday 6 August 2026 is the 100th anniversary of Gertrude Ederle's swim. It's also the day nominations open for the 2026 WOWSA Awards.

One year after becoming the first openly transgender person to swim across Lake Ontario, Lev Goldberg stepped off the coast of Port Sanilac, Michigan on Wednesday, 5 Aug to take on the currents of Lake Huron for an anticipated 30-hour crossing that would land him at Lambton County, Ontario. It was the second leg of his quest swim all five Great Lakes – and to become the first trans person and only the fourth person ever to pull off the feat.

Read about Lev's quest to swim all five of the North American Great Lakes – Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie and Ontario - in our September issue. 💦

"The Bantham Boomerang is a brilliant concept. Swimmers plunge in the water off Bantham Beach into the River Avon on an incoming tide and let the strength of the current boost their swimming upstream towards Aveton Gifford until the tide slows, slacks and then turns. Swimmers then turn too, and continue swimming back downstream towards Bantham finishing exactly where they started. Depending on your swim-speed and/or determination you could swim any distance between 5-10k."

After spending years volunteering for the Outdoor Swimming Society’s Bantham Swoosh, Ella Foote returned to Bantham to take part in Level Water 's Bantham Boomerang and was reminded of the joy that comes from event swimming. Read Ella's event review in the link in our comments. 💙

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4 things you'll learn from our September issue!

💦 Why swimmers should SQUAT
🩲 The lowdown on swimwear materials
😳 How Rowan Clarke managed a 3km swim with a MEGA we**ie
🩱 How to choose a shoulder season suit

And lots more! 💙

Outdoor Swimmer Magazine September 2026 issue | Pool Passion Pre-order the September 2026 issue and dive into Pool Passion, our biggest pool special yet, featuring Mark Foster, Sharon van Rouwendaal, UK lidos, Sea Lanes Canary Wharf and more.

Here's why squats are a great land training move for outdoor swimmers 💙

Squats: A fundamental movement for life - Outdoor Swimmer Magazine Squats aren’t just for the gym. This simple, fundamental movement can build lower-body strength, power and mobility, helping you swim stronger and stay confident on your feet both in and out of the water.