HeyJaredWild Waters Ocean Swimming
An ocean swimming Substack for wild water swimmers and lovers of the marine environment.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Sep 21, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 19, 2026
Latest issues
The transformation of a swimmer (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Good morning, Substack.I’m writing this in bed. Curtains open, cup of tea at hand. The spring weather seems to have settled in this week. Out the window I can see cotton ball clouds with their bottoms glazed sunrise pink. There are flowers in the garden, and I can smell orange blossoms and jasmine. Even though there is a quiet rushing of cars the morning is still and peaceful. There is the promise of a new season and with that, new kinds of swimming.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" h
Winter is the best time to start ocean swimming - Part II (opens the original)
Read excerpt
There are so many reasons why winter is the best time to start ocean swimming. I could have gone on and on in Part I but as the points became increasingly obscure and personalised I decided it was best to end it and leave you all to your thoughts.<img alt="" class=
Winter is the best time to start ocean swimming - Part I (opens the original)
Read excerpt
A little note before we start: this article has ended up being much longer than I intended, so I will write a follow-up article next week. I fully support your winter swimming journey but it is very important to make sure you are swimming safely. The tumultuous sea carves a new coastline. Rocks, hidden by sand all summer, rise from their graves and turn the safe entry point treacherous. Seaweed masses on the shore and fills the air with the scent of rot and brine. The sky is clear. The air, icy.
Cult or community? (opens the original)
Read excerpt
On a stormy Sunday morning a group of bedraggled women climb the stairs from beach to carpark. They carry towels, bags, wetsuits. Wind swirls around them, steals the cackles from their mouths and distributes mirth upon the lone man, rugged up in chinos and a puffer jacket, who passes nearby. He’s come down to check the beach. Perhaps to take an eye-witness account of conditions home to those who don’t believe the weather report and won’t venture outside until they know for sure.“What’s it like i
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.