SA’s first warm water ocean
challenge OF ITS KIND,
ENTIRELY for charity!
LOCATION
DUC, Point Water Sports Club, Durban, KZN
DATE
14th & 15th (16th) JUNE 2025
ALL FUNDS RAISED GO TO CHARITY.
150 swimmers will be able to swim 8 & 16 miles and raise funds for one of the 4 main charities.
The funds raised by the 4 mile and 1 mile swimmers will be equally split between the 10 invitational charities.
EVENT DETAILS
8 MILE EVENT
- Swim 4 miles on Day 1 (Saturday 14th June) and 4 miles on Day 2 (Sunday 15th June). Monday 16th is a contingency day if conditions are poor on either the 14th or the 15th.
- Each mile will start every 75 minutes from 07h30.
- Entry fee (includes bespoke Oceans 8 costume, shirt, kit bag, cap, medal and goodie bag):
- Early bird (by 31.12.2024) – R1,000
- Regular (from 01.01.2025) – R1,100
- Minimum of R5 000 to be raised via Given Gain for your charity of choice by Thursday 12th June (see Charities Page on website for details). Prize awarded to the top fundraiser in each charity.
- Limited to 30 swimmers per charity.
- No swimmers under 12 years of age.
- All swimmers must have completed any official sea swim prior to the event.
- Wetsuits are permitted (2 minute time penalty per mile applies).
- Online entries for this event close at midnight on Sunday 18th May 2025.
4 MILE EVENT
- Swim 2 miles on Day 1 (Saturday 14th June) and 2 miles on Day 2 (Sunday 15th June). Monday 16th is a contingency day if conditions are poor on either the 14th or the 15th.
- Swim events 1, 3, 5 & 7.
- Entry fee (includes bespoke Oceans 8 costume, cap, medal and goodie bag)
- Early bird (by 31.12.2024) – R600
- Regular (from 01.01.2025) – R700
- Minimum of R3 000 to be raised for the 10 invitational charities (see Charities Page on website for details) by Thursday 12th June.
- All funds raised by 4 Mile swimmers will be split equally between the 10 invitational charities. Prizes awarded to the top fundraisers.
- Limited to 30 swimmers.
- Participants under 12 years of age must swim with a tow float and a qualified adult swimmer (DQ if finishing without).
- Wetsuits are permitted (2 minute time penalty per mile applies).
- Online entries for this event close at midnight on Sunday 18th May 2025.
MATT LOCK captured the event from a different angle. Enjoy!
DID YOU KNOW?
To date we have raised an incredible R1,771,210 for our partner charities. These funds have made a significant impact, and we’re excited to continue this momentum into 2025.
Join us for the 1 mile, 4 mile, 8 mile or 16 mile events in June 2025.
16 MILE (NEW EVENT)
- Swim 8 miles on Day 1 (Saturday 14th June) and 8 miles on Day 2 (Sunday 15th June). Monday 16th is a contingency day if conditions are poor on either the 14th or the 15th.
- Swimmers will swim the 1 mile course twice during each event.
- Each double mile will start every 75 minutes from 07h30.
- Entry fee (includes bespoke Oceans 8 costume, shirt, kit bag, cap, medal and goodie bag):
- Early bird (by 31.12.2024) – R1,000
- Regular (from 01.01.2025) – R1,100
- Minimum of R5 000 to be raised via Given Gain for your charity of choice by Thursday 12th June (see Charities Page on website for details).
- Prize awarded to the top fundraiser in each charity.
- Limited to 5 swimmers per charity.
- No swimmers under 12 years of age.
- All swimmers must have completed any official sea swim prior to the event and can complete every mile in less than 30 minutes.
- Wetsuits are permitted (2 minute time penalty per mile applies).
- Online entries for this event close at midnight on Sunday 18th May 2025
1 MILE EVENT
- Choose one of the 4 events on Day 1 (Saturday 14th June) or Day 2 (Sunday 15th June). Monday 16th June is a contingency day if conditions are poor on either 14th or 15th.
- Entry fee (includes cap, medal and goodie bag):
– Early bird (by 31.12.2024) – R150
– Regular (from 01.01.2025) – R200 - Minimum of R800 to be raised for the 10 invitational charities (see Charities Page on website for details) by Thursday 12th June.
- All funds raised by 1 Mile swimmers will be split equally between the 10 invitational charities.
- Prizes awarded to the top fundraisers.
- Limited to 50 swimmers per time slot.
- Participants under 12 years of age must swim with a tow float (DQ if finishing without).
- Wetsuits are permitted (2 minute time penalty per mile applies).
- Online entries for this event close at midday on Thursday 12th June.
- Swimmers only need to enter their age-category event if they are competing for their age-group medal.
- Non-competitive swimmers are welcome to choose any of the events to participate in.
WHY OCEANS8
Oceans 8 Charity Swim was created by a group of non profit organisations to help to provide charities that have a footprint in KwaZulu-Natal with a sustainable source of income. It is a registered Non Profit Company and is audited annually.
TOTAL AMOUNT RAISED TO DATE
RAISED FOR 2024 EVENT
TOTAL MILES SWUM
TOTAL SWIMMERS
CHARITIES BENEFITTING
Read about the impact of our fundraising below…
EVENT LINE-UP
Swimmers only need to enter their age-category event if they are competing for their age-group medal.
Non-competitive swimmers are welcome to choose any of the events to participate in.
Day One
Event 1 07h30 – 08h45 (Race for 71 & over and Disabled, and start of 8 & 4 Mile)
Event 2 08h45 – 10h00 (Race for 61 – 70 years)
Event 3 10h00 – 11h15 (Race for 51 – 60 years, and 2nd event for 4 Milers)
Event 4 11h15 – 12h30 (Race for 41 – 50 years)
Day Two
Event 5 07h30 – 08h45 (Race for 31 – 40 years, and 3rd event for 4 Milers)
Event 6 08h45 – 10h00 (Race for 21 – 30 years)
Event 7 10h00 – 11h15 (Race for 15 – 20, and 4th event for 4 Milers)
Event 8 11h15 – 12h30 (Race for 14 & under)
Access your results below:
OUR SPONSORS
The generous sponsorship received from the following companies is used to pay the costs required to run the event.
This enables every cent of the funds raised by the swimmers to go directly to the charity beneficiaries.
OUR 2025 SPONSORS
”IT IS WHEN YOU GIVE OF YOURSELF
THAT YOU TRULY GIVE”
– Kahlil Gibran
IDEAL LOCATION
Mild, reliable flat conditions, even in wind, due to the protection from Durban Harbour and Vetch’s Pier.
Full clubhouse with bathroom and catering facilities.
Dedicated area assigned to the Oceans 8 event for the duration of the 2 days.
14th & 15th
(16th) JUNE 2025
DUC, Point Water Sports Club, Durban, KZN, South Africa
All proceeds
go to charity