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The Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association and OceanDucks offer swimming opportunities and other events throughout the year in Santa Barbara and Goleta. These are informal group swims. Just show up and swim with us. Join our mailing list to be notified of other local swimming events.

All swims are parallel to the beach so any swimmer can do more or less. All attires are welcome, wetsuit, no wetsuit, fins, no fins, etc.

Every Sunday at Butterfly Beach:

• Meet at 9 AM at the last set of stairs. This swim is called "Four Palms to Red Hut".
• We leave from the stairs far from the Coral Casino and swim along side of the beach to the " Red Hut " and then back to the " Four Palms "
• We encourage anyone to participate, and because we swim parallel to the beach, a swimmer can do any portion of the 50 minutes, until he or she is acclimated to the cold water.
• Swim is about 1.25 miles.
• While the weather is still good and the temperature of the water decent, some of us start the swim at 8:30 am and go beyond the red hut (now defunct) to swim a longer course. We still finish at 10:00 am with the rest of the swimmers.
• During the summer months the City Parks and Rec Dept installs buoys parallel to the beach for a distance of about ½ mile.

Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at Goleta Beach:

• Meet at noon at the beach by the restroom/shower nearest to the pier.
• The swim is about one mile, perhaps a bit under. Optional longer swims during the summer distance training.
• Buoys are in place in the summer.