Action-packed swim festival

This weekend the annual Noosa Summer Swim celebrates its fourth birthday with an action-packed program of ocean swims and beach activities on Noosa Main Beach.
This summer the event expands to a two-day program of events, and the longer distances are expected to attract some of Australia’s fastest open water swimmers as well an international athletes.
Saturday 11 February offers a similar program of events as past years with 1km, 2km and 3km courses as well as the Junior Giants events, designed for kids aged 8-16 years.
Kids also get to swim alongside special guests including Event Ambassador Michael Klim and former Olympian Libby Trickett.
On Sunday 12 February, a new marathon distance event has been introduced – the 5.0km Noosa Grand Prix.
The elite field features Australia’s Rio Olympians Jarrod Poort and Gubecka Gibecka as well as five-time Japanese open water champion, Yasunari Hirai, who finished 8th in the 10km event at Rio De Janiero.
The new marathon distance swim is a multi-lap course around the sheltered waters of Noosa Main Beach.
This is the perfect opportunity for seasoned swimmers to go beyond the typical open water distances.
The new festival format is set to attract over 1500 swimmers across the weekend’s events along with more than 4000 supporters in-tow to soak up all that Noosa has to offer.
This summer, the Noosa Summer Swim is also lending its support to the fight against kids’ cancer through a new national partnership that will see thousands of swimmers get behind The Kids Cancer Project.
Swimmers who fundraise over $250 through he Noosa Summer Swim will have their entry fee refunded.
Online entries for all Noosa Summer Swim events are available until 4pm on Friday 10 February at worldseriesswims.com.au/.