{"id":5797,"date":"2023-08-08T17:09:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T16:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devthewave.wpengine.com\/?post_type=activity&#038;p=5797"},"modified":"2025-06-02T15:42:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T14:42:20","slug":"swimming","status":"publish","type":"activity","link":"https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/surf\/activities\/swimming\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div class=\"outside-container-base\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"100\" class=\"flex flex-col order-last lg:order-first lg:col-6 col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/244A3788-min-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"w-full h-128 object-cover lazyload\" alt=\"open water swimming at the wave near bristol\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/244A3788-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/244A3788-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/244A3788-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/244A3788-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/244A3788-min-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/244A3788-min-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Desktop Brushstroke SVG -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"100\" class=\"relative w-11\/12 h-3 mx-auto bg-opacity-65 bg-brushstroke-2 mb-4 lg:mb-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Text Col One -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-col order-1 col-12 xl:col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3  data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"200\" class=\"w-4\/6 mb-4 text-lg font-extrabold leading-tight uppercase font-poppins text-zodiac-500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSUITABLE FOR\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"300\" class=\"text-sm wysiwyg-defaults font-poppins text-charcoal mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>You&#8217;ll need to be a competent swimmer. If you&#8217;re looking for a more casual splash in the lake you might be interested in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/surf\/activities\/play-in-the-bay\/\">Play in the Bay<\/a> sessions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Text Col Two -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"200\" class=\"flex flex-col order-3 col-12 md:order-2 xl:col-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"w-4\/6 mb-4 text-lg font-extrabold leading-tight uppercase font-poppins text-zodiac-500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTHE FACTS AND FIGURES\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"300\" class=\"text-sm wysiwyg-defaults font-poppins text-charcoal mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>All swimmers must wear a swimming cap<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;re welcome to wear a swimming wetsuit when the water is cooler<\/li>\n<li>We do have our hire surf wetsuits available, please note these are not specific swim wetsuits<\/li>\n<li>You can check the water temperature on our website (top right hand corner)<\/li>\n<li>Please try and arrive for the 6:15am start time, bear in mind there is a 10\/15 minute walk from the car park<\/li>\n<li>No waves are pushed during this session<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-aos=\"fade-up\" data-aos-anchor-placement=\"top-bottom\" data-aos-duration=\"1000\" data-aos-delay=\"200\" class=\"flex flex-col order-2 col-12 md:order-3 lg:hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/244A3862-min-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"my-9 w-full h-128 object-cover lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/244A3862-min-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/244A3862-min-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/244A3862-min-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/244A3862-min-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/244A3862-min-scaled.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.thewave.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/244A3862-min-1200x1800.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 683px; 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