These marathon swimmers train at Alki to seemingly defy cold and fatigue in the most challenging swims, nationally and abroad. “If you can open water swim in Seattle year-round, you can swim ...

“The Western Washington Open Water Swimming group on Facebook is fabulous,” says Thomas. Or show up to the Alki Beach Bathhouse in West Seattle around 9:30 a.m. on Saturdays or around 11 a.m ...

Welcome to June! Here are highlights for today/tonight, mostly from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar: PADDLE BATTLE ...

Elliott Bay's Alki Beach ... from the water taxi dock in downtown Seattle to Seacrest Park. From there, you can hop on a free shuttle bus (No. 775) to the beach. The public beach is open from ...

22, the beaches will be open from 4 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., closing one hour earlier than usual. Seattle ... Alki and Golden Gardens in designated fire pits starting May 24. Fires must be put out ...

Wolff said teaching young people how to swim, especially in a region like ours, is important. “Especially when there's a lot of open water like there is in a place like Seattle, you have to ...

“I really like swimming outside and in the open water,” said Norris, of Seattle ... to ever complete the route from Bremerton to Alki Point. That happened in 1959, three years after ...