Every year I encourage swimmers (particularly members), to suggest specific swims and routes. Every year I get to December and no one has. So…I’m going to be posting a menu below. Hopefully, it’ll give you guys some ideas, for new swim routes and it’ll push me out of the patterns and routines I sometimes find myself in, during the summer. Hopefully this will also open your eyes to some of the possibilities available to you, through the summer.

Realistically, we only need 2-3 of you with firm interest in a swim to put said swim on. Now, you can either gather up some friends or use the ‘General’ WhatsApp chat to gather up the troops. If you come up with some firm interest, you can then contact me re times and dates. We can also arrange sauna-dip sessions, provided we can find somewhere local to set up the sauna.

We can do one-off swims, double swims, swimming days out, bespoke events, sauna-dip sessions…


HELFORD :

Durgan

Grebe Beach

North side of the Helford (good 5km route there)

Gillan Creek / Flushing Beach (Flushing to Nare Point and back)

Parsons Beach / Prisk Beach

Tremayne Quay

south and north side, using the ferry

LIZARD :

Church Cove x 2

poldhu

Polurrian / Polurrian to Mullion and back / Polurrian to Poldhu

Mullion Cove

Church Cove to Housel Bay

Kynance

Kennack Beach (Kennack to Serpentine Works and back)

Coverack / Mears Beach

Lowland point

Porthkerris (2 routes)

Porthoustock

Porthallow

Cadgwith / Devil’s Frying Pan / Cadgwith to Church Cove and back

*Gunwalloe Beach or Church Cove to Gunwalloe Beach

Swims or mini-event at Trevassack Lake

NEWQUAY / NTH CORNWALL :

Porth Island

Crantock / Gannel Estuary

Crantock to Polly Joke and back / Goose Rock swim

Crantock to Fistral

Holywell Bay / Gull Rock

Newquay Bay

Gazzle to Towan Beach

St Agnes (various)

Mawgan Porth (various)

Porthcothan (various)

Mother Ivey’s

PENZANCE :

Prussia Cove / Prussia Cove to Perranuthnoe(!)

Skilly Beach to Penlee Lifeboat Station and back

Various cave swims (ask)

St Michael’s Mount

Shorter Mount routes

Mousehole Island

Mousehole reef / Mousehole to Penlee Lifeboat Station

Gear Pole (off Battery Rocks)

Perranuthnoe (various)

Lamorna / Lamorna to Mousehole

Porthcurno / Porthchapel / Porthgwarra

Gwynver Beach

Various cloak and dagger routes from Penberth

Nanjizal (couple of routes), including the famous cave

Praa Sands (various)

Rinsey

Porthleven / Porthleven to Rinsey

ST IVES :

Porthkidney

Carbis Bay

The Island (off Porth Beach)

Porthminster

Porthgwidden / Bamaluz

ST MAWES / ROSELAND :

Cellars Beach high tide swim (very cool) *getting the ferry across from St Mawes Harbour

Porthbeor Beach

Castle Cove

Tavern Beach / Summers Beach

Towan Beach

Percuil River

Porthscatho / Porthcurnick

Carne Beach (short and longer routes)

Porthloe

Porthluney

Hemmick Beach

ST AUSTELL :

Vault Beach (Vault to Gorran and back)

Gorran Haven

Portmellon (2 routes)

Mevagissey / Polstreath

Carlestown (various short and longer routes)

Porthpean

Carlyon Bay

Polkerris

CAVE SWIMS :

Rock features and a long ‘open’ cave Praa Sands

3 Bears Caves

Long, dark (head torches on) cave at Prussia Cove

Numerous caves at Kynance

Number of rock features in St Agnes