Circumnavigate Thatcher Rock

Challenge yourself, whilst enjoying wonderful scenery, with the knowledge that you have an experienced team by your side - every stroke of the way!

The Thatcher Rock Adventure Swim is a really exciting swim. It is definitely an amazing sight when you swim around the rock. With the strong currents and the offshore feeling, it gets the adrenaline going too!

The swim heads south from Meadfoot Beach with a heading on the OreStone. You don't feel it that much but the way out can be faster or slower than normal due to a building current as you get further from the beach. The water between the mainland and Thatcher Rock is called the Gut, and it whips you along pretty quickly. It is worth taking the first 1-1.5k easy to conserve energy and take in the sights.

You begin on the calmer side of the rock, but it gets wild on the other side, and the race is on: at times, there is a strong current out to sea. The current speeds up as the water passes close to the rock (where you swim). This requires a focused, head-down, endurance effort. Heading for the beach huts back at Meadfoot Beach.

You need to swim without stopping for a good few minutes, but once well past the rock, the current eases, and you can ease up, take a drink and check out the scenery.

All in all, this swim is around 3km (if the lines are quite straight). But the circumnavigating part includes a really concerted effort, too.

Expect the whole experience to take around 90 minutes to two hours, depending on your swim speed. To participate in this swim, please book online through our website.

The meeting place is the swim start and swim finish, where there are warm drinks and toilets at the cafe ///span.rapid.herb. Thatcher rock is here: ///crush.phones.newest

There is a pay-and-display car park at the opposite end of the beach (about a ten-minute walk) ///goes.hurt.span.