Before the swim application is added to your bag, please acknowledge the following:

For safety reasons, the CLDSA recommends that you have done the following preparatory swim before doing a Robben Island crossing and any other equivalent long-distance cold-water swim:

• At least one open water swim of 5km (or longer)
• In water temperature of less than 16 degree Celsius
• With swimming time of more than one hour

We recommend that this swim is done in the one-month period leading up to the swim you would like to register for.

This recommendation is applicable to skins and wetsuit swims

For any enquiries about these recommendations contact swims@cldsa.co.za