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Brightwaters, New York, United States View on map
Jul 31, 2026 (America/New_York local time)
Swimming

About this race

The Cross Bay Swim is a challenging open water swim of 5.5 miles across Great South Bay from the Fire Island Lighthouse to Gilbert Park, Brightwaters. This event was first held in 1927, marking 90+ years of tradition and friendly competition. There is a strict limit on the number of swimmers accepted.

THIS FORM IS FOR SUPPORT KAYAKER REGISTRATION: Only kayakers who are going to accompany a swimmer, or sweep kayakers working with Dave Faverio are to register here.

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Swimming

Maggie Fischer Memorial Cross Bay Swim (Kayaker Registration and Waiver)

Jul 31, 2026 8.9K 7:00 AM
Free
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 8 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Brightwaters, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 20.2° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 26.4°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 20.2° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 28.3°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
15.0
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
3.2mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
85.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on July 31, 2026 (EDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on July 31, 2026 (EDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
14h 20m

The sun rises at 5:49 AM and sets at 8:09 PM local time (EDT) in Brightwaters on July 31, 2026 — 14h 20m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.

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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.

  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 2 Brightwaters events

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