Clearwater Beach Lifeguard Ocean Mile Swim

JOIN Clearwater Fire and Rescue Beach Lifeguards for the 2nd annual Ocean Mile Swim on beautiful Clearwater Beach. Proceeds from this year's swim will be donated to the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay ensuring that no one in our community has to face crisis alone. Crisis Center of Tampa Bay | Compassionate Services that Offer Help, Hope & Healing, including this year a portion donated to Amber Nahorodny- Clearwater Police Department Telecommunicator. Amber was recently diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer. “I have worked in Clearwater as a police dispatcher for the past 20 years. I like to travel and be active and one of my favorite places to do that is at our National Parks. Looking forward to the Tampa Bay Lightning playoffs! Also, if you have any unusual symptoms for your body, or have put off a cancer screening, schedule that appointment.”

Event details: Sunday, May 3, 2026 

Location: Clearwater Beach- Lifeguard Tower 7

Swim Course: Start/Finish shoreline at tower 7 with a beach start, swimmers will swim south to a turnaround buoy just north of pier, and loop back north along the shoreline with a beach finish.

Event timeline: 6:30am- Registration Open to receive your chips and post brunch wrist band, 7:15am- Safety debrief and check presentation, 7:45a- Swim Start, 9:30am- Course Closed *Parking: 4 Rockaway Street, Clearwater Beach- you must pay for parking *We strongly encourage ALL swimmers to swim with personal swim buoy!

NEW this year: 10:00am-Noon we will host a post party brunch complete with a Bloody Mary & Mimosa Bar at Hogg Daddy's Beach Bar and Grill located at 752 S. Gulfview Blvd, Clearwater Beach. This is open to family and friends. Wrist bands will be given out at registration, you may purchase more than one ticket with your registration, wrist bands will be provided at registration to attend the brunch.

Thank you to our sponsors this year.

Kennedy Law Racing, Deboer  Swim, Future Home Reality: Mike and Lori Dunlap, Tower 8 Staffing Solutions, Hogg Daddy's Beach Bar & Grill, City of Clearwater, Clearwater Fire & Rescue, and Race Director OWS Leo Briceno. 

The Clearwater Beach Lifeguard Ocean Mile Swim brings an exciting 1.6K to Clearwater Beach, Florida on May 3, 2026. Don't miss this beautiful event!