Blue Light Weekend
Withernsea's
In memory of Steve Medcalf
8-9 August 2026
Support Withernsea’s biggest free weekend!
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Blue Light Weekend - Withernsea Sea Swim Half Mile - FREE ENTRY
Sat 08 Aug
|Withernsea
Test your endurance with the famous curtain-raiser to Blue Light Weekend - the HALF MILE SEA SWIM in what we believe is Britain's biggest sea swim event (over 100 entrants in 2025)
Time & Location
08 Aug 2026, 11:30 – 12:00
Withernsea, Captain Williams, The Prom, Withernsea HU19 2DP, UK
About The Event
How many sea swims do you know off the Yorkshire coast? Not many as this is TOUGH !
To help you will swim with the current - so for example if you can swim 1 mile in a pool in around 40 mins, with a good current you could get a time of 30 mins in the sea!
Now in its 4th year and the traditional showcase opener to the Blue Light Weekend.
In 2025 the One Mile event will start on the beach in front of Captain Williams and end on the beach near RNLI Station in order to swim with the tide.
The Half Mile event starts at Pier Towers.
All meet at Captain Williams 10.45am for race brief. Swimmer's clothes/belongings will be taken to the finish.
Tickets
Sea Swim half mile FREE ENTRY
All finishers receive limited edition commemorative medal
£0.00
Total
£0.00