Mar. 1—OLCOTT — Hundreds of swimmers will be taking their annual plunge into the chilly winter waters of Lake Ontario on Sunday. The 55th annual Polar Bear Swim, organized by the Olcott Lions Club, ...

One of San Pedro’s oldest and most popular — not to mention coldest — traditions is set to return next week, with swimmers braving the chilly waters of Cabrillo Beach on New Year’s Day. The annual ...

Polar Bear Swim Day, or Polar Bear Plunge Day, is a day each year dedicated to taking a polar bear plunge, where participants enter a cold body of water as part of a challenge or for charity. Although ...

A more than 70-year-old San Pedro tradition will return to Cabrillo Beach on New Year’s Day — with folks celebrating 2024’s arrival by splashing in the frigid ocean waves. The annual Polar Bear swim, ...

Since 1903, the club has been hosting a public New Year’s Day Plunge for all brave souls to welcome in the New Year.

After a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the annual Polar Bear Swim returns to the City of Santa Monica’s Annenberg Community Beach House on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

San Pedro ushered in 2025 on Wednesday morning, Jan. 1, in the traditional way — with a chilled splash into the Pacific Ocean. The annual Polar Bear Swim drew hundreds, as usual, for the bracing, ...

If it felt like something’s been missing on New Year’s Day in San Pedro lately, you’d be right. For the past two years, the annual, 71-year-old tradition of crowds leaping into the bracing cold ocean ...

Thousands of people flocked to Cayucos on a cool and sunny New Year’s Day to take a quick dip in the chilly waters of the Pacific Ocean — or watch others take the plunge. Now in its 43rd year, the ...