Swim4Ella
About this race
3 Mile Open water swim at Badin lake. We will end with a breakfast and a hang out.
For safety, you will need to provide your own safety kayaker and kayak. Please let us know if you are not able to find one. We can help.
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Swimming
Swim4Ella 3 mile
This event will be capped at 20 swimmers, each swimmer should be prepared to have a safety kayaker along side them for the whole swim.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 1 year of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in New London, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:05 AM and sets at 8:39 PM local time (EDT) in New London on June 20, 2026 — 14h 33m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
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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, 4 New London events
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