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Taking the plunge at a Boxing Day swim meant more than just a dip in the sea for one happy couple. Read more HERE

A record-breaking number of 1,150 festive bathers have had a splashing time in the Tenby Boxing Day Swim this morning. The fancy dress theme of Superheroes – in tribute to the RNLI in its 200th anniversary year – saw Batman, The Incredibles, Wonderwoman and a whole crew of emergency services dashing into the chilly waters

Those entering this year’s Tenby Boxing Day Swim will receive brand new designed medals, designed, produced and sponsored by local small business Lowri’s Shop. Read more HERE

Little did these Tenby Boxing Day dippers from 1971 realise that they were the pioneers of the famous festive event that has taken place every year since. Read more HERE

Tenby’s Boxing Day Swim this year will have a special ‘superhero’ fancy dress theme for fundraisers – to pay respects to voluntary lifeboat crew members, as part of the RNLI’s 200th anniversary.  Read more here

From the enthusiastic bucket collectors, online swimmers’ entries and individual sponsorship, the TSSA annual presentation evening resulted in three cheques being handed out to the main beneficiaries. Tenby Surflink, St John Ambulance Cymru and Tenby RNLI each went away £1k better funded. The occasion was meaningful, too, for Phil John, coxswain of Tenby Lifeboat, who

Well, that was a real blast! A record 1,050 swimmers ran, trotted, walked, hobbled to the sea – a long way at low tide – after a stunning fancy dress parade and one of the best all-together starts. Soup and a bonfire’s warmth awaited their return and, of course, a medal, as below. Well done

What is all of this hullabaloo about? Well, you could read the history of this event elsewhere on our website; you could join the throngs on Tenby’s North Beach on Boxing Day morning, just being part of a festive crowd, full of camaraderie & goodwill; or you could decide to break out from the Xmas

We again welcome support from Outer Reef Surf School. The photo features Jenny, Outer Reef, & Chris, TSSA’s Chair, outside the Tenby shop.

The first raft race to precede the annual Boxing Day Swim took place in 1994, so this year will see the 25th Tenby Charity Boxing Day Swim Raft Race, to give it its full title. Since the first race, it has changed, sometimes with a minimum four, then two people ‘on the raft’. Safety lifejackets