Thursday Night Sea Swim Series 2024-2025
ALL competitors must REGISTER ONLINE no later than the night before their first swim!
The Swim Series starts on 14th November 2024 and are held each Thursday night until March 13, 2025.
You only need to register once, and you’ll be signed up for the entire Thursday Night Swim Series. You’ll be assigned a race number, which will remain yours for the duration of the series.
Thursday Night Schedule:
- 5:00 pm Check-in opens
- 5:45 pm Check-in closes sharply (no late entries or check-ins)
- 5:50 pm Race briefing -ALL swimmers must be out of the water, on the ramp, ready for the swim and listen carefully to the race briefing.
- 6:00 pm First wave starts followed by each wave approx. 1 minute apart
Race Options & Wave Starts:
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- Short course (orange caps).
- Long course (3 separate waves)
- Wave 1: Strong swimmers (1-white caps)
- Wave 2: Confident swimmers (2-green caps)
- Wave 3: Recreational swimmers (3-red caps)
Payment Options
Select one:
Pay Online Full Series (Non-Member): $135
- Select this option to pay online as a non-member.
Pay Online Full Series (Club Member): $70
- Must be a Nelson Tri Member for the 2024-2025 race season. Select this option to pay online as a club member. You must be a registered member to receive the discount. To become a member, visit Nelson Tri Club Membership for the 2024-2025 season. You’ll need to confirm your membership by entering your club membership number.
School Student U18 (Non-Member): $100
- Select this option to pay online for school students under 18 who are non-members.
School Student U18 (Club Member): $60
- Must be a Nelson Tri Member for the 2024-2025 race season. Select this option to pay online as a school student U18 club member. You must be a registered member to receive the discount. To become a member, visit Nelson Tri Club Membership for the 2024-2025 season. You’ll need to confirm your membership by entering your club membership number.
Pay at Event (Single Swim):
- Bring cash on the night of your swim. Select this option if you plan to do a one-off swim or are a casual swimmer. Cash only on the night of each swim.
- Nelson Club Member: $15 + $5 for *swim cap (1st swim total $20)(Must be a Nelson Tri Club member for the 2024-2025 race season)
- Non-Member: $20 + $5 for *swim cap (1st swim total $25)
*Swim caps -All swimmers must wear the correct colour-coded series swim cap. If you don’t already have a series swim cap, you can purchase one for $5 and use it throughout the season.
Given the nature of the event and the challenges of tide and wave conditions, it is important that all athletes feel comfortable and confident swimming 500m front crawl in open water, whilst making significant forward progress at all times. Adherence to this requirement will be at the sole discretion of the race director.
Note: Nelson Triathlon Club has a NO REFUND policy on club events.