Era ocean swim returns
Era Surf Life Saving Club will host its second ocean swim challenge on Saturday, 19 March, after the great success of their inaugural swim last year.
Take a step back in time and enter the Era Beach Ocean Challenge. It is a one-of-a-kind event that you will want to tick off your bucket list.
Era Surf Life Saving Club will host its second ocean swim challenge on Saturday, 19 March, after the great success of their inaugural swim last year. In 2021, following incredible planning and execution by volunteer members, lifesavers and nippers, 147 swimmers made the most of the pristine conditions and safely completed the 2.2km swim from Garie Beach to Era Beach.
We really couldn’t have asked for better conditions. The sun was shining, the sea was calm, and the vibe was high!
“There was plenty of water safety in the water stretched over the course, and the swim itself was beautiful; looking at sections of beach and reef on the way,” competitor Bryce Marshall said.
The picturesque 2.2km swim takes competitors from Garie Beach past the Little Garie Cabin Community, past the North Era Campgrounds and into Era Beach. The course takes swimmers over rock shelves that provided food for the community during the Depression, an area usually reserved for divers.
Era Beach is about 2.5km from Garie and accessible only by foot – or sea! Non-swimmers are welcome to attend and cheer on competitors.
The event is an amazing opportunity for the athletes and supporters to get a look back in time.
Era Beach houses a surf club formed in 1938 and a cabin community that has existed since the 1920s when the land was originally farmland. Cabins surround the beach and provide a glimpse of life dating back to the mid-1900s. The surf club will offer a tour of a couple of cabins for those who are interested.
To take part in the swim, athletes must be aged 16 or above to do the open-water event and must be confident in rough conditions. If seas are high, the course can be challenging.
Swimmers will be given a small bag for belongings that the nippers carry over the clifftops for a safe delivery to Era Beach, ready for your walk back to Garie Beach carpark.
Check-in on the day is 8am and the first group of swimmers will start at 9am.
For more information, to register and watch the incredible footage from last year, visit eraslsc.com.au
