Boat to Beach Swim

Thursday, August 29, 2024

  • Qualification

    This event is for advanced swimmers only. In order to register, participants must have swam in at least THREE 1M/1K races during the regular season.

  • Registration

    Register begins in early August. Registration costs $60 and includes swim, dinner, drink tickets, and raffle entry

  • Event Description

    A chartered boat trip from Santa Barbara harbor drops off swimmers about a mile offshore for an open-water start and sprint back to East Beach.

Boat Swim Event Details

CHECK-IN

Check-in is at Santa Barbara Landing (Formerly Sea Landing) and starts at 4:45 p.m.  We will be on the Condor Express. The boat will leave promptly at 5:40 p.m. If you are late, you will miss the boat and the race.

SAFETY FIRST

There has been some behavior in the past that will not be tolerated this year.
**No Alcohol on the boat this year
**No swimming out to the boat to "bandit" the boat swim

Anyone who does either of these things will not be allowed on future boat swims. Spread the word.   

PERSONAL ITEMS

We will have trash bags to transport MINIMAL clothing and personal items from the boat to East Beach. Please no backpacks or duffel bags. I will not let you board the boat with a big bag. (Think: shorts, flip-flops, t-shirt in a grocery bag).

The trash bags will not be delivered to the beach until AFTER the race is completed, so do not put any important items in the bags (like keys you need to get into your car or cell phones). We will not be responsible for any important items that you bring aboard the Condor. You can drop off all your items that you need for the after party at East Beach before the swim. We will have monitors at the beach while we are swimming...

POST-RACE CHECK-IN AT EAST BEACH

The boat will be leaving Santa Barbara Landing, but we WILL NOT be returning there. You will be swimming into East Beach and checking in again, post-swim, at East Beach to get your meal ticket, drink tickets, and swimmer-only raffle.

TRANSPORTATION TO SB LANDSING ~ Post-Race Clothing

Reef & Run will NOT be providing transportation from East Beach to SB Landing. We suggest you coordinate a carpool with other Boat to Beach participants to leave a car at East Beach and your warm, post-race clothes at the finish site. You can drop off post-race bags at East Beach before the event.