Join the Charleston-Kiawah Island Open Water Swim
and Fight Cancer with Swim Across America (SAA).
Swimmers of all ages and levels are invited to take part in the ninth annual Kiawah Island charity swim on Saturday, June 7, 2025. Your participation will help “Make Waves to Fight Cancer” and raise money locally for cancer research at Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina.
The event will take place at Night Heron Park in Kiawah Island. Mandatory check-in is between 6:30 -7:30 am and the event starts at 8:30 am. There will be a post event celebration starting at 10:00 am.
You can be an in-person swimmer, volunteer or come out and support the event The swim options are .5 mile or 1.5 miles. Don’t want to swim in the ocean? There is a pool swim option! Pool swimmers will need to register at the Night Heron Park pavilion and then make their way over to the Night Heron Park pool and swim the distances of their choosing.
The mission of Swim Across America is to fund cancer reasearch, clinical trials and patient programs by hosting charity swims.
For more information about SSA and the event click here.
–Tidelines Editors