Expert advice on when your child should learn how to swim, and how to tell if they're ready to wade in on their own.

For the most part, swimming at the lake is safe, healthy, summer fun. Here are some top risks and how to avoid them.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Swimmers, triathletes and others looking for a challenge are hitting the water for a fun swim event in a north suburban community that is also supporting a good cause. The Open Water ...

In a study well timed for its summer publication (at least in the Northern Hemisphere), scientists reviewed research related to open-water swimming (Overbury et al. 2023). It will come as little ...

At the break of dawn, a group of swimmers step into a quiet lake, scanning the open horizon. There are no lane lines, no black lines on the bottom of the pool. Simply the water, wind, and the unknown.

Dantzler has been open-water swimming for 35 years and has done the La Jolla Cove Swim more than 10 times. She much prefers ...

The warning comes after a deadly few months for open water swimmers in Lake Michigan. At least 32 people have drowned in the ...

COLONIE, N.Y. (NEWS10) —With several recent drownings this summer, swim safety is crucial not just for children, but for adults too. For World Drowning Prevention Day, Goldfish Swim School is offering ...

The 2025 World Aquatics Championships — featuring swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming, open water swimming and high diving — air live on Peacock from July 11-Aug. 3 from Singapore.