Goa
From Openwaterpedia
Goa Open Water Swimming Club is a nominee for the 2021 WOWSA Awards in the World Open Water Swimming Service of the Year category
Goa is India's smallest state by area, located in West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the Arabian Sea forms its western coast. Renowned for its beaches, places of worship and world heritage architecture, Goa is visited by large numbers of international and domestic tourists each year. It also has rich flora and fauna, owing to its location on the Western Ghats range, which is classified as a biodiversity hotspot. Some of the oldest rocks in the Indian subcontinent are found in Goa between Molem and Anmod on Goa's border with Karnataka. The rocks are classified as Trondjemeitic Gneiss estimated to be 3,600 million years old.
Open Water Swimming
- The Sea Hawk relay was a team of 6 Indian open water swimmers who completed a charity swim of 433.11 km from Dona Paula in Goa along the Konkan coast to the Gateway of India in Mumbai, India in 156 hours between 13-19 February 2015. The team included Paramvir Singh, Gullupilli Narhari, Ankan Kumar Patel, Vicky Tokas, Ganesh Palande, and Manav Mehta.
- Goa is the site of the 10K India National Championships in December.
- Goa Open Water Swimming Club organizes the Interstate Swim.
External links
- 2026 OWAAF National Sea Swimming Championship in India
- From Maharashtra to Goa, An Open Water Swimmer’s Dream
- Go To Goa
- Go To Goa, Swimming In West India
- Open Water Swimming
- Goa Open Water Swimming Club, India
- Duble To Do A Double Crossing Of The Palk Strait
- Swimming The Rocky Coastlines Of The World
- Swim Near Rocks
- Goa
- India Triathlon
- The Evolution Of Distance, The Sea Hawks Soar To Record
- 19K River Bhagirathi Swimming Competitions
