Join The Big Swim 2025 – 1000 Swimmers Wanted!

The Brighton event is hosted by PinkNicky’s Blog – A Blog for Empty Nesters and those ready to write a new life chapter and Sea Lanes, Brighton.

The Dorset event is hosted Land and Wave

The tickets go live Monday 20th January at 12 Noon. Please note tickets sell out fast. For the quickest checkout use your phone to purchase tickets via Apple Pay

The Aim of the Event:

• To celebrate IWD 2025 and to gather 1000 of the South Coast’s Sea Swimmers in two places at one time for two very big photos
• Unite us all through our love of the sea and show our support for women worldwide.
• Create a noisy, colourful spectacle on the beach Watch our 2024 film here
• To support #IWD2025  and amplify the message #AccelerateAction.
• Fundraise for Surfers Against Sewage
• Every Saturday watch out for the PinkNicky Blog series dedicated to The Big Swim 2025.
• We are asking all our 1000 swimmers to commit to supporting, elevating and taking one action to elevate women in their community. We want to ensure every woman taking part can create a ripple effect long past March 8th.

GET INVOLVED:

Book for Brighton Dip

Book for Dorset Dip

Please join PinkNickys Newsletter here

ALL SWIMMERS MUST REGISTER FOR YOUR CHOSEN LOCATION  – this will ensure we have enough lifeguards for the event and keep everyone safe.

Brighton Tickets are £6 per person, all money raised will go towards running this community event and keeping everyone safe with a fully supported land and water safety team. £1 per ticket will be donated to @surfersagainstsewage.

Follow our 7 week The Big Swim social media campaign.

Facebook: Click Going on The Big Swim Brighton

Facebook: Click Going on The Big Swim Dorset Click on the Facebook event page and invite your fellow swimmers

Share the posts: on Social Media

Use the hashtag #TheBigSwim

Be a Volunteer: we are looking for some Meeters & Greeters and general helpers on the day. Email nickyc@pinknicky.com if you are interested.

Check out the gallery below and the drone footage link to get a flavour of last year’s event.

SeaLanes, Brightoon Book Launch with author Emma Simpson

DETAILS:

Click the booking links for location details

DATE: Saturday March 8th, 2025

Location: Sea Lanes Brighton, Madeira Drive, Brighton, East Sussex TIME 11.30am

Location: Banks Road, Poole BH13 7QD TIME 9.30am

EVENT PARTNERS:

Land and Wave

Sea Lanes, Brighton                                                                    

EVENT SPONSORS:

Salty Earth

Beachside Sports Therapy

Functional Reflexology Therapy

Bird and Blend

WHO CAN ATTEND:

This event is aimed at women, but we know forging gender equity isn’t limited to women solely fighting the good fight. Bring your family, friends, colleagues, long-lost cousins and grannies too!

NEW TO SWIMMING:

• If you are new to sea swimming, come down and dip your toes and soak up the atmosphere!
• A cold March day is not the day to start your dipping journey. Instead of swimming, how about dipping your toes, taking a few photographers and writing about the event?

FILMING AND PHOTOS:

• The event will be filmed, and photos will be taken throughout the event.
• A group photo will be taken before we enter the water – be ready to smile and wave!

DRESS CODE:

• Sparkles and colour

BEACH CLEAN:

• Be ready to pick up litter and please take all your rubbish home with you.

WEATHER:

• Please check back here and on the Facebook event page 2 hours before the event to check for weather updates.
• Watch out for 7 am update.

• Please note: If the weather is bad and the sea is too dangerous to swim in, the event will be cancelled.

SAFETY TIPS:

• We will have lifeguards patrolling
• This is a social swim and relies on everyone taking responsibility for themselves, making their own risk assessment and making their own personal decision on whether it is right for them to swim.
• Do not enter the water if it is rough
• Bring warm clothing
• Bring a hot water bottle
• Employ your own Sea Safety at the Beach
• If you are fairly new to sea swimming please wear a wetsuit and please dip not swim and enter the water very slowly
• It is never safe to go into the sea after drinking alcohol. Even a small amount of alcohol speeds up the onset of hypothermia in cold water
• Do not use inflatables – blow-up toys and airbeds are designed for pools, not the sea where they can easily be swept out
• If you are in trouble dial 999 and ask for the coastguard
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DISCLAIMER:

This is a social event, and you participate at your own risk. Do not exert yourself physically. If sea conditions are bad, people are advised not to swim. Participants take part at their own risk. No liability will be assumed for any injuries or accidents caused.

We look forward to welcoming you to The Big Swim 2025 – bring friends, hugs and sparkles!