do you have any favorite lake and/or location? I’ve started thinking about doing some OW practice and am looking for tips, ideally I’d prefer a lake (given that the race I’m planning to do has a lake swim) and where possibly one could swim around in relative safety (as in, not complely secluded or with weird currents etc. best if it’s a lake with a campground or something so there’d be people around).
any ideas?
Lakes - Sasamat Lake in Port Moody.
Ocean - lots of places, including in front of Kits Beach. Just watch out for the playful seals that like to give you the occasional nudge when you’re swimming.
The BC open water swim association has practices twice a week in the summer in front of Kits beach. See this link for details:
Happy training.
2nd both recommendations. Sassamat is a nice (and safe) lake, and I plan on hitting the VOWSA swims this summer as well.