Openwaterpedia
Openwaterpedia is the Wikipedia for the open water swimming world. It is an World Open Water Swimming Federation project created and maintained by Steven Munatones to benefit the global open water swimming community.
Contents
Definition
Openwaterpedia is a unique, comprehensive, multilingual online reference and research tool for the global open water swimming community. Its 86,796 pages of content with 6.1GB of content are useful for research, reference and enhancing one's knowledge and appreciation of the sport with the following entries as of May 2026:
- 26,535 entries for People
- 3,814 entries for Terms
- 4,281 entries for Places
- 2,241 entries for Products
- 636 entries for Pilots
- 1,252 entries for Services
- 1,966 entries for Coaches
- 796 entries for Records
- 5,867 entries for Events
- 3,404 for Groups/Sites Groups/Sites
Content & Scale
There are 42,279 different entries that have been edited 627,979 times and viewed 30,575,647 times as of June 2022.
- Specific challenges (e.g., Oceans Seven)
- Words, terms, phrases and definitions used in the sport (e.g., feeding sticks)
- Locations and venues where open water swimming is done (e.g., Waikiki Beach)
- Open water swimming events (e.g., Midmar Mile)
- Notable and professional open water swimmers (e.g., Captain Matthew Webb)
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductees (e.g., Dr. Harry Huffaker)
- Channel swimmers and marathon swimmers of all ages, abilities and countries (e.g., Penny Palfrey).
- Equipment, tools, devices and methodologies (e.g., GPS)
- Ecoswims and Charity swims (e.g., Swim Across America)
- World marathon swimming records (i.e., over 10 km in distance)
- World open water swimming records (i.e., under 10 km in distance)
- Sponsors of open water swimmers or events (e.g., Cadiz)
- Manufacturers of open water swimming equipment (e.g., FINIS)
- Vendors to the open water swimming community (e.g., SwimTrek)
- Open water swimming and triathlon coaches (e.g., Gerry Rodrigues)
- Governing bodies (e.g., Channel Swimming Association)
- Major anniversary dates (e.g., 1875, when English Channel was first crossed)
- Websites (e.g., Flowers Sea Swim)
- Escort pilots and administrators (e.g., Michael Oram)
- Members of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
- Members of the Half Century Clubs
- Names and biographies of any open water swimmer and triathlete of any age, ability, background and country
- Open water swimming Facebook Groups, online forums, Google Groups and teams (e.g., Night Train Swimmers)
- Open water swimming YouTube and Vimeo video links
- open water swimming photographers like Tomer Anvi of Israel
Purpose
- Swimmers, coaches, reporters, administrators, observers, pilots, officials and fans can look up, learn, input and edit all kinds of open water swimming information.
- Interested individuals can
(1) learn the most commonly used terms, definitions, words, places and things used in the world of open water swimming
(2) add and modify information on the Who's Who of open water swimming and up-and-comers, including themselves
(3) research who are the professional marathon swimmers of modern times and who was in the sport back in previous centuries
(4) add the names of people who join the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming, the Half Century Clubs, the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and those who crossed the English Channel and the Catalina Channel
(5) learn the details of the thousands of open water races, events, camps and clinics around the world
Origin
Conceived in 2008, Openwaterpedia was first posted in 2009 where it has been managed by Steven Munatones of the World Open Water Swimming Federation ever since.
How to Add information
Openwaterpedia is only editable by administrators after being hacked by malicious bots. Please email Steven Munatones at steven.munatones@kaatsu.com if you want a page created or want your own page to be edited.
