A 'magical' tidal pool that's popular with wild swimmers has been praised as the 'perfect' spot for a winter swim. Found in ...

With the price of gas soaring, swimming pools across France are turning down the heat. One suburban Paris outdoor pool has turned off the heating altogether and made wetsuits compulsory for swimmers.

PARIS, Oct 7 (Reuters) - With the price of gas soaring, swimming pools across France are lowering water temperatures or switching off heating altogether, which has left swimmers in one suburban Paris ...

There’s a new breed of swim wetsuits out there – these aren’t dedicated triathlon wetsuits, but instead they focus on open-water swimmers. Are they for you? To help you make that purchase, 220 ...

Triathlon and swimming wetsuits are generally thinner and more flexible, while surf wetsuits should be robust, buoyant and tailored for unrestricted movement. For every water sport, there’s a wetsuit.

SAN FRANCISCO - A Pacifica woman made history by completing a very difficult open-water swim. Amy Appelhans Gubser, 55, became the first person to swim west of the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon ...

Want more tried and tested recommendations from the RW editors? Sign up to our weekly newsletter Kit Bag. Click here to subscribe. Fancy dipping your toe into triathlon or adding open-water swimming ...