Place
357 Pier One Road-
Stevensville Libby's Coastal Kitchen, MD US 21666
Description
This event benefits the March of Dimes, the Chesapeake Bay Trust, the US Coast guard, and other local charities.
We are excited to announce the return of the Great Chesapeake Bay Swim for 2024!!!! You will find one site this year (www.BaySwim.com) with all of your information, and an easy new address for any questions (info@bayswim.com)
Race Day is June 9th, 2024, with an 9:30am start time for the 4.4 Mile Swim. We are currently planning on having the 1 Mile Swim begin at 8:30am, so that we can have an awards ceremony earlier for them. This is subject to final approval.
Don't forget, our newly designed site (www.BaySwim.com) and our email of info@bayswim.com are your sources for all of your up to date information!!!
CURRENT WATER TEMPERATURE READINGS https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=44063
Don't forget to follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/greatchesapeakebayswim !!
The 4.4 Mile Swim is FULL!!!! Congratulations to the 650 swimmers who have accepted their entry to this historic event. For those of you who weren't able to make it, please consider our 1 Mile Bay Challenge option.
We ARE opening up a waiting list for the 4.4 mile swim, to show you interest, but please keep in mind that we factor in no-shows in our accepted number of swimmers. We are going to TRY this waitlist process this year, but it is certainly not a guarantee.
2024 Ask The Race Director Video
Race Contact Info
If you have any questions about this race, click the button below.
RJA Perseverance Award
RJA Perseverance Award
The third annual Perseverance Award, sponsored by the Robert J. Astheimer Memorial Foundation, will be presented at this year's GCBS.
The Award will recognize one or more individuals who have overcome a physical, mental or emotional challenge to enable a personal achievement and/or to make significant contributions to family, community, or country.
The award is open to swimmers and their family members, GCBS organizers and supporters. Nominations of no more than two pages should be sent to the Foundation Director, JoAnn Milliken, at joann.milliken@gmail.com, by April 30, 2024. Nominations will be reviewed by the Foundation's Board of Directors. The Perseverance Award comes with an honorarium of $1000. For more information about Bob Astheimer and the foundation, please visit https://rjafoundation.com
Race Day Splits
Thank you to our friends over at Crossing Currents Aquatics for putting together this amazing infographic
Pay attention to the 100 yard times. These will help you to judge where to seed yourself for the swim start this year!
Geek out on distances
For the 1 Mile swim....
All buoys remain on your RIGHT hand side. Clockwise swim
Leg 1 of the swim -750 yards
Leg 2 of the swim - 440 yards
Leg 3 of the swim - 580 yards
4.4 Mile Swim (approximate locations of Mile locations)
From the Beach to the Bridge - @430 yards
Right after the curve in the bridge - 1 Mile Mark
Near the end of the 1st Shipping Channel (2nd large concrete support structure) - Mile 2
Right around the center of the 2nd Shipping channel opening - Mile 3
Right after you cross from under the Bridge (Almost Done!!!) - Mile 4
The last stretch is ROUGHLY 700 yards to the finish, and you will find it gets shallow as you get near closer to the end.
2024
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