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℉/feet/mph
℃/meters/mps

Swim Site	Location	Water Temperature	Wave Height
Lake Gérardmer	Gérardmer, Vosges, France	52.2 ℉	0 feet
Torquay	Torquay, Devon, UK	63.3 ℉	3 feet
Salacombe	Hope Cove, Devon, UK	64 ℉	6.3 feet
Mothecombe Beach	Mothcombe, Devon, UK	63.6 ℉	5.9 feet

Swim Site	Location	Water Temperature	Wave Height
Lake Gérardmer	Gérardmer, Vosges, France	11.2 ℃	0 m
Torquay	Torquay, Devon, UK	17.4 ℃	0.9 m
Salacombe	Hope Cove, Devon, UK	17.8 ℃	1.9 m
Mothecombe Beach	Mothcombe, Devon, UK	17.6 ℃	1.8 m

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“ You see and experience things when you’re swimming in a way that is completely different…. far more complete and intense than on dry land, and your sense of the present is overwhelming. In wild water you are on equal terms with the animal world around you: in every sense, on the same level.”

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Roger Deakin, Waterlog

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Worldwide Curated List of Open Water Swim Sites, with Current Conditions and forecasts of Water Temperatures, Wave Heights, and more.

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You love to swim, and want to swim more. OpenWaterLog is a site that helps you get more time in the open water. Know every time conditions are good, find good new places to swim close to home or far away, and connect with other open water swimmers.

We love open water swimming too and use this forecast and information to find a lot of great water. We hope OpenWaterLog.com helps you find more good water, more often.

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