2023
APOLIMA
STRAIT SWIM
22.3km
Upolu to Savai’i
Thursday 4 May 2023
Qualifying time
You must be able to swim 10km in 3hr 30min to have a
reasonable chance of completing the swim inside 10hrs.
2023
Schedule
The Apolima Strait Swim is inclusive of the following activities
Welcome & Warm up swim
Welcome Dinner & Caps Presentation
Visual Course Inspection
Meeting your Boat crew
Swim Day
Prize Giving the Day after the Swim on Savai'i Island
Tuesday 2 May 2023
Warm up Swim to Manono Island 3.7 km
Meet your boat Crew
Wed 3 May 2023
Before breakfast
Team Briefings
10 am
Course Inspection
Travel to Savaii on the ferry (10am) that runs parallel to the course.
Return on the 2pm ferry arrive back 3:30 pm.
(ferry terminal is 5mins from the event hotel)
5 pm
WELCOME DINNER & CAPS PRESENTATION
Sheraton Resort
Thursday 4 May 2023
SWIM DAY
We are again going with a scattered start
First start is 6 am
Scattered finish at Lusia’s Lagoon & Chalets, Salelologa
Accommodation is at Amoa Resort
As swimmers finish they are transferred to
Amoa Resort where everyone is staying.
RESERVE DAYS
Wednesday 3 May
Friday 5 May
Saturday 6 May
We will have a fair idea two weeks out whether we will need
to use the Reserve Days
PRIZE GIVING
FRIDAY 5 May - SAVAI'I
All Prizes and Medals will be presented on
Friday Morning on Savai'i.
We advise all swimmers and Teams to remain stay overnight on Savaii after the Swim. When you arrive and finish your swim you will be transferred to your Accommodation on Savai’i at Amoa Resort. Prizegiving is the next morning.
You must be able to swim 10km in 3hr 30min to have a
reasonable chance of completing the swim inside 10hrs.
2023
Schedule
The Apolima Strait Swim is inclusive of the following activities
Welcome & Warm up swim
Welcome Dinner & Caps Presentation
Visual Course Inspection
Meeting your Boat crew
Swim Day
Prize Giving the Day after the Swim on Savai'i Island
Tuesday 2 May 2023
Warm up Swim to Manono Island 3.7 km
Meet your boat Crew
Wed 3 May 2023
Before breakfast
Team Briefings
10 am
Course Inspection
Travel to Savaii on the ferry (10am) that runs parallel to the course.
Return on the 2pm ferry arrive back 3:30 pm.
(ferry terminal is 5mins from the event hotel)
5 pm
WELCOME DINNER & CAPS PRESENTATION
Sheraton Resort
Thursday 4 May 2023
SWIM DAY
We are again going with a scattered start
First start is 6 am
Scattered finish at Lusia’s Lagoon & Chalets, Salelologa
Accommodation is at Amoa Resort
As swimmers finish they are transferred to
Amoa Resort where everyone is staying.
RESERVE DAYS
Wednesday 3 May
Friday 5 May
Saturday 6 May
We will have a fair idea two weeks out whether we will need
to use the Reserve Days
PRIZE GIVING
FRIDAY 5 May - SAVAI'I
All Prizes and Medals will be presented on
Friday Morning on Savai'i.
We advise all swimmers and Teams to remain stay overnight on Savaii after the Swim. When you arrive and finish your swim you will be transferred to your Accommodation on Savai’i at Amoa Resort. Prizegiving is the next morning.
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Kevin Pollman (USA) winner 2019, talks about his experience
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