Fiji Ocean Swim features on BBC Travel show and website
BBC World News features the Fast Track travel show as part of its weekend broadcasts. Included in the programme is a segment called 'Insider Guide' which profiles upcoming events around the world.
Last weekend,'Insider' included a short piece on open water swimming which featured the Brooklyn Bridge Swim in New York, the 20,000 participant, Sun Moon Lake Swim in Taiwan and the 'very boutique', by comparison, 'Fiji Ocean Swim Festival' taking place in October.
See the full 'Insider' segment of the Fast Track programme here
Sam and Luane clean-sweep Vanuatu swim events
Sam Shepherd and Luane Rowe from Victoria and NSW respectively, won the mens and womens 3.2km Vanuatu Ocean Swim conducted on Saturday June 10th 2010.
The 1.5km event male winner was Henry Street, whilst Fiona McLarty was the first female across the line.
Both Henry and Fiona are also from Australia.
The sixth Aore Espiritu Santo Swim, a 2.6km trip across the Segond Chanel, was conducted on Tuesday June 12th, with Sam again first to cross the line in the very respectable time of 29:43.Swim 'n Pick at Fiji Ocean Swim Series
Race three of seven in the Fiji Ocean Swim Series was held at Yatule Beach Resort, Natadola on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd May, and took on the theme 'Swim 'n Pick' in recognition of World Oceans Day on June 6th.
The Swim 'n Pick theme focused on the plastics problem in our oceans, with a short talk and exhibit highlighting the damage plastics are doing to our marine environment. A clean up of Natadola Beach then followed.
There was also information on Project Kaisei and the research being conducted to find collection and recycling solutions in areas such as the North Pacific Gyre.
This is a vast area in the North Pacific where currents merge and have formed a sea of plastic and other dumped materials.Scarborough amphibian comes ashore in Fiji
We arrived. Two white, jet lagged ghosts, fresh from our gray, wet Washington State winter for the latest Fiji Swim Safari, during which participants enjoyed five days of perfect, hot, sunny weather.
Our first full day in the Yasawa Islands was ideal and soothed one ghastly ghosts soul even if it did turn skin the color of boiled lobster in spite of SPF 55.
Grins from ear to ear were sighted as we swam from Safe Landing to the beach at Oarsman's Bay Lodge, our home base for the next five days.
Swim Safari 2010 Dates
Our Swim Safaris are exclusive guided swim, adventure and cultural experiences in some of the more remote and beautiful places in the Pacific.
The dates for the remaining 2010 Swim Safaris include :-
11th - 16th October Fiji Swim Safari Yasawa Islands Places Available
1st - 7th November Fiji Swim Safari Yasawa Islands Limited Places Available
Itineraries will vary with new swims in Yasawa Islands for the Fiji Safari, and on Aniwa and Tanna for the Vanuatu Safari.
More dates for Vanuatu Safaris coming soon
New ! Solomon Islands Swim Safari. Dates to be announced soon.
We can also organise Swim Safaris around dates to suit your club or group, contact us for details.
The 3 images above right are of Nalova Bay in the Yasawa Island chain - venue for the Fiji Swim Safari. Click on an image to enlarge.
The images above are of Aniwa Lagoon - venue for the Vanuatu Swim Safari. Click on an image to enlarge.
Click on the Swim Safari link on the main menu bar above for more info.
Read about the 2009 Vanuatu Swim Safari here and about the 2008 Fiji Swim Safari here and the 2009 Fiji Swim Safari here.
