Dartmouth Open Water Swim

Event HQ

Blackpool Sands
Dartmouth
Devon
TQ6 0RG
UK

Free parking

Free parking is included with your entry.

Blackpool Sands is a stunning beach on the Devon Coast just a few miles west of Dartmouth.

Camping

There is the rare opportunity to camp at Blackpool Sands on Saturday Night. You can add camping places to your event booking or book nearer the time.

This event is doing its best to minimise its environmental impact. Here are a few of its initiatives:

Sustainability

• Trees not tees

  For all events which include a t-shirt, there is the option to plant a tree instead through a partnership with Treesnottees

• Avoid single-use plastics

  New paper cups have been sourced to be fully recycled back into high-grade paper.

• Optional medals

  Lots of competitors are not interested in finishers' medals so they are now optional. A £2 charity donation is made for every medal not selected.

• Swim hats on request

  Swim hats are provided for open water swimming events as they help the water safety teams keep track of swimmers. However for all pool events, swim hats are now on request to reduce wastage.

• Reuseable zip ties and recycling

  Reusable zip ties are used and all rubbish is sorted for recycling after the event.

• Reducing car use

  At the Burrator 10K running race those who commit to walking or cycling to the event get £5 discount.

Absolutely glorious - the route was the perfect level between challenging and enjoyable, fantastic organisation and great atmosphere. Super welcoming and friendly, ideal for a first timer. I am sadly moving away from Devon but plan on coming back for this next year! Natasha M

This is the second time I’ve swum the Dartmouth swim. Each time it has been well organised, with great volunteers. The organisers have even arranged for the sun to come out. Will be swimming again next year! Finlay M

My debut swim challenge. It was brilliant. Well set up, good communication leading up to the challenge ( not overloaded with emails), well thought out set up on site. Really easy to join in. I enjoyed it so much, I want to repeat it next year🤣🤣 Sarah R

Beautiful location, a fantastic swim in perfect conditions, Thank you. Heather T

I really appreciate how Sportiva hit the mark just right. Brilliantly organised, to time but without making things complicated! Sportiva always feels very inclusive, positive and lots of prizes to celebrate everyone :) We were obviously lucky with the weather, but having the 3k option was brilliant. Camping was so much fun!! And really added to the enjoyment of the event. T-shirts well organised and good quality. Love that they don’t have a date on them so hopefully can be reused again next year to save waste! Thanks so much :) Emma B

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