Brighton Pier Open Water Swim 2024

Saturday 6 July - - start likely to be 11am.

1200m open water swim

Entry £22

An open water swim in one of Britain’s most popular seaside cities and around one of the most iconic coastal landmarks, the Brighton Palace Pier.

Start on the east side of the pier.

Finish on the west side of the pier.

A great chance for family and friends to follow you round the whole swim course.

For 2024 we are pleased to announce that our chosen community project to support is the Seabirds swimming group once again. They do amazing work supporting mental health initiatives with open water swimming and encouraging more people to dip their toe in the water. A lot of the fantastic volunteers you see supporting the event on the day are part of the Seabirds group. The Seabirds host swimming groups and also have an online store where you can purchase ethically sourced products for swimming and the beach. Check them out at https://www.seabirdsltd.com/

A swim event for all abilities, fast, medium or taking in the scenery speed.

N.B. Please read - All entrants must be over 18 at time of event and capable of swimming in the sea. People must realise that swimming in the sea is very different to swimming in a pool or lake. We strongly recommend that people have had experienced sea swimming no matter how little and are aware of waves and currents. Please feel free to follow our Facebook page, Brighton Sports Co for tips and information as go along.

Adverse Weather Policy - please read

Please note that no refunds can be given for this event in the advent of a rearranged date due to sea and weather conditions forcing a postponement. This is due to the very unpredictable nature of sea swimming events and the upfront costs that are involved, this is the only way that events like this one can be planned, so I hope that you understand this policy. The swim is planned for Saturday 6 July, the first reserve day is Saturday 20 July. If the event can not take place on these dates then we will aim to hold it on Saturday 17 August. If the event can not be held on these dates your entry will be carried over to the 2025 event, without exception. We will be in full communication in the lead up to all dates if we feel there is any chance of a postponement. The swim is planned to start at 11am, this may need to change due to weather and tides, full details will be confirmed in the lead up to the event.

We will always offer you a place in a future events but to confirm that no refunds can be made if the event has to change date. If you wish to pull out due to injury or other commitments please see our general cancellation policy.

Cancellation policy

As soon as you enter one our of events we start to incur costs, whilst we are happy to refund your entry fee for not being able to make the start line, we will have to charge an administration fee of £2.50 up to 2 weeks before the event date. With less than 2 weeks to the event date we can not offer any refunds. I hope that you find this agreeable, it does help us to keep the costs down in the long run.

If you are wanting to withdraw from an event please let me know by email as soon as you know. I will respond to your email after the event date.