

Your weekly Tuesday night swim! – 21st October 2025
🌊 Takapuna Beach – Your Ocean Swim Adventure Starts Here! 🌊
The stunning waters of Takapuna Beach play host to the huge number of swimmers who take part in the Harcourts Cooper & Co Beach Series SWIM event every week!
Crystal clear, toasty warm, and welcoming to elite racers and casual swimmers alike — this weekly swim series is perfect if you’re:
✅ Training for a bigger event like the Banana Boat Ocean Swim Series or the Summer Swim Series
✅ Wanting to stay fit and active over summer
✅ Looking for a fun new challenge with an awesome beach community
Everyone is welcome at the Beach Series! 🏊♂️🏖️
🏄♂️ Ocean Swimming – Challenging, Exciting, and Totally Addictive!
Making the switch from the pool to the open water? Start with a shorter distance and build your confidence as you go.
🛟 Safety First – Always!
As Auckland’s largest weekly ocean swim event, your safety is our top priority:
✅ All swims are fully supported by professional lifeguards
✅ Correctly coloured swim caps are compulsory for visibility and safety
✅ First swim cap is FREE with your series pass
✅ Replacement swim caps are available for $10 if you change distances
🏁 Swim Distances on Offer:
250m Junior Swim (12yrs and under)
500m Ocean Swim
1000m Ocean Swim
1500m Ocean Swim
2000m Ocean Swim
🌟 With 14 weeks of racing, your fitness, skills, and ocean confidence will soar — and you might just step up to a longer distance mid-season!
Join us at beautiful Takapuna Beach and make this your summer of ocean adventures! 🌊🌞
Key Event Information
Start Times & Event Timetable
Event Day General Info
Event location
Takapuna Beach Reserve
Cut Off Times
As a general rule – sunset is the cut-off for the swim for the safety of you and our lifeguarding team
Swim Caps
Best swim caps in any event! Our good mates at SwimT3 have helped us score some beautiful silicone caps to keep your head comfy, warm, and in sight of our guards!
Results
The result link will be on the website – and posted to the Facebook page on event day.
Prizegiving & Spot Prizes
After each Tuesday event, there will be spot prizes given out at the Takapuna Beach
Safety
- Event Rules and Safety Guidelines can be found HERE and at the event base each week
- Snorkels, flippers, fins and other swimming aids are not permitted
- Swimmers will be deducted series points or disqualified if found to be swimming over the top of or pulling on other swimmers
- For your safety is is compulsory for all participants to attend their event briefing each week. Briefings are held at Event Base in Milford Reserve, with Junior briefing at 5.45pm and Adult briefing at 6.20pm
- If predicted weather or wave height falls outside our safety parameters, the event may be held at our reserve location; Takpauna Beach
- All participants must be wearing either a series or on-the-day timing transponder before heading down the start shoot
- It is compulsory for all participants to read and accept our Terms & Conditions and Waiver. These will be included in your online entry, but can also be found HERE







