Dear fellow swimmers

Find out what else we do

Creating and publishing Outdoor Swimmer magazine is a full time job. But all of us at Outdoor Swimmer have other swimming interests too. We write, coach, mentor and get involved in swimming adventures. Read on to find out more.

UltraSwim 33.3 #10Montenegro - Pre-Event Swim Camp, September 2025, with Simon

Outdoor Swimmer founder and publisher Simon Griffiths is leading a pre-event swim camp ahead of UltraSwim's tenth 33.3km swimming adventure challenge in Montenegro, from 30 September to 2 October.

The camp is designed to help swimmers prepare for the challenge of swimming 33.3km over 4-days. We will cover and practise:

• Open water swimming skills (sighting, drafting, swimming in rough conditions etc)
• Creating a strategy for the overall event (energy management, pacing, nutrition, recover etc.)
• Tactics for each swim

Participants will also have the opportunity to view parts of the course and familiarise themselves with key landmarks. We'll also relax, eat great food, hear from other experts about nutrition and injury management and prevention, and have fun.

SwimQuest Azores, with Ella as your guide

Outdoor Swimmer Editor, Ella Foote, has signed up with SwimQuest as a swim guide on their amazing Azores swimming holiday. Ella has family ties to the enchanting island of São Miguel. She therefore brings a personal touch to this experience and can't wait to share the island’s unique charm and hidden swim locations with you.

The Renaissance Swimmer project, from Simon

The Renaissance Swimmer project takes the Renaissance Period ideals of continuously learning, exploring and improving, and applies these to swimming. Joining the project will help you embrace the full range of swimming activities, from winter dipping and wild swimming to pool racing and marathon swimming and unleash your swimming potential. It's designed to help you swim further and faster and to enjoy all the health, fitness and wellbeing benefits that swimming can give you.

Dip Advisor, with Ella

Dip Advisor is an outdoor swim guiding company offering swim experiences in wild, beautiful and open water locations with no pressure to swim any distance or style. Swim for the love of it, swim slow and enjoy a different kind of adventure. Don’t know where to dip your toe, leap in or float? Dip Advisor offers swimming experiences, special events, guided swims and bespoke packages.

Swim Mentoring, with Simon

Swim Mentoring helps you define what you want to get out of swimming and how to get there. Through one-to-one virtual sessions, Simon will help you create a personal swim development plan to make the most of swimming.

Wild Swimming Weekends, with Ella

Ella is working with South Lodge in West Sussex to lead three wild swimming weekends over the summer. Billed as introductions to open water swimming, Ella will help you gain the skills, knowledge and confidence to swim outdoors.

Our books

Swim Wild & Free: A Practical Guide to Swimming Outdoors 365 Days a Year (Simon Griffiths)

How to Wild Swim: What to Know Before Taking the Plunge (Ella Foote)

The Slow Traveller: An intentional path to mindful adventures (Jo Tinsley)

Lonely Planet The Joy of Wild Swimming

Outdoor Swimmer magazine is created and published by swimmers for swimmers. We don't just sit at our desks and write, we go out and embrace the full range of swimming activities - and this all feeds back to Outdoor Swimmer. Our mission is to help you become a better informed and more confident outdoor swimmer - from just £5.95 per month.

Thanks so much for reading. See you in the water.

Best wishes

Simon, Ella and the rest of the Outdoor Swimmer team.

We use Aweber for our email communications

What did you think of this email?

Email policy

IN LINE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATIONS, WE WILL ONLY SEND YOU EMAILS IF YOU HAVE AGREED TO RECEIVE THEM FROM US. IF YOU NO LONGER WISH TO HEAR FROM US YOU CAN UNSUBSCRIBE AT ANY TIME USING THE LINK BELOW. PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT NOR WILL NOT PROVIDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO ANY ADVERTISER OR OTHER THIRD PARTY. 

Privacy Policy