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Swimming With The Sharks

St. David's, Bermuda View on map
May 31, 2026 (Atlantic/Bermuda local time)
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About this race

Swimming With The Sharks is a new open water swim format similar to the Running of the Bulls. Several elite male and female swimmers (the “Sharks”) will be swimming the race but will have a delayed start. The rest of the swimmers (the "Bait") decide how much of a head start they need to swim the course and stay just ahead of the "Sharks". The "Sharks" will try to catch the "Bait" before the finish.

The Sharks Recent 1 Mile times: Shark 1: Craig Munden - 18:33, Shark 2: Stephen Kenny - 19:46, Shark 3: Nina Coetzer - 20:25

DISTANCE - 1 mile on an out-and-back course

PRE-RACE CHECK IN - 9am at the junction of the trail betwen Long Bay and Well Bay beaches

START - 10am at Long Bay or Well Bay (depending on the wind direction)

PARKING - available at Turtle Bay beach carpark then there is a 5 minute walk to the check in

Bring your family or friends and bring a cooler or picnic to enjoy afterwards in a beautiful setting.

Sanctioned by Open Water Bermuda (OWB)

Race Fee includes an Event Membership Fee, which provides an Event Membership in Open Water Bermuda for the duration of the Swimming With The Sharks swim

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Swimming

Shark Bait Mile

The "Sharks" recent 1 Mile times:  Shark 1: Craig Munden - 18:33 Shark 2: Stephen Kenny - 19:46 Shark 3: Nina Coetzer - 20:25

May 31, 2026 1.6K 10:00 AM
$20.00
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 5 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in St. David's, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 21.9° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 23.5°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 21.9° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 23.5°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
29.3
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
9.0mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
80.1%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on May 31, 2026 (ADT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on May 31, 2026 (ADT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
14h 07m

The sun rises at 6:12 AM and sets at 8:20 PM local time (ADT) in St. David's on May 31, 2026 — 14h 07m of daylight.

Course

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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)

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