This is a swim, an adventure and a race. There are very few places where you can get out once you have started. Swimmers grouped in waves in reverse-order, slowest first. Each wave has a bus-driver (pace-setter) whose job it is to shepherd swimmers safely to the finish line.

A meet-and-greet takes place on the Thursday before the swim near the finish in Camps Bay. You can meet your fellow swimmers and ask anything you want.