Pedro Ordenes
Pedro Ordenes of Water World Swim is a renowned cold water swimmer, coach and open water swim organizer from Chile who has lived in Miami, Florida and resides in Mill Valley, California. He runs Water World Swim that organizes many swims and workouts in San Francisco Bay, California
Open Water Swimming
Ordenes has done and organized open water swims around the world including those in San Francisco Bay and the Galápagos Islands. He is the inspiration and instructor of the Swim with Pedro Weekly Workouts.
Among his many cold water accomplishments, Ordenes swam the Strait of Magellan in 1999 in 39°F with 35 mph winds and 3-5 feet swells against 12-14 knot currents. He has done 978 Alcatraz Island crossings to date and a double crossing of the Beagle Channel between Chile and Argentina.
Water World Swim
Ordenes organizes a number of open water swims and swim expeditions around the world.
Videos
500th Alcatraz Island
By Steven Hurwitz, Gary Emich and Pedro Ordenes
External links
- Helen Tonge’s Alcatraz Escape Route Swim
- Pedro Ordenes Twitter feed
- Water World Swim
- Google Profile
- Conquistador Sails Strait Like Magellan
- Have Faith In Swimming From Bridge To Bridge
- A License To Swim And Share
- The Joys And Challenges Of The Open Water
- From Rattlesnake To Alcatraz, Kristen Zeimitz Swims
- Two Generations, Before And After
- Drafting Towards Alcatraz Island
- From Neoprene To Bioprene, From Alcatraz To Shoreline
- Danika Thompson, Water Woman Wins
- David Swift Returns To His Aquatic Roots
- Gary Workman Lives Up To His Name
- Seals Snarl, Swimmers Just Smile
- Scott Garrison Heats Up To The Cold
- Jessica Reiter Does A Double Take
- Bays, Islands And Straits With Pedro Ordenes
- Marathon Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Paige Turns a Page In Her Young Career
- Open Water Swimming
- Will Records Fall Around The Rock?
- Alex Kostich Wins Swim Around The Rock
