What we’re about
Can't figure out where to swim in the East Bay? Join us at Crown Beach for friendly swimming. We call ourselves the "Flounderers", a group of people who love to swim in the Bay. We swim throughout the year every Saturday morning at 9am. Sometimes we swim mid-week.
Water quality is good and can be monitored here: https://www.ebparks.org/recreation/swimming/crown-beach
Water temperatures range from winter low 50s to summer mid to high 60's. Unless you are a die-hard swim-in-cold-water type (we have several in our group!), I recommend wetsuits. The swim follows the shore so you can choose any pace and distance which suits you and get out whenever you'd like and you can choose to swim the whole way in shallow water. If you are new to open water swimming, this is one of the best places to give it a try.
Our group of Flounderers has fallen in love with being in the Bay and enjoys this incredible gift with others!
Hint: A lot of our regular swimmers don't RSVP to posted Saturday swims. So, even if you don't see many RSVPs to a given Saturday, please know that our group will be there!
Steve Hicken