Philippine Openwater Swim Crossings Association Videos

Athena Chang on the way to completing the first half of her 2way crossing of the Maricaban Strait Crossing. Impressive strong pace for a 7km swim

ANNOUNCEMENT: July 14, Maricaban Crossing, is postponed due to the turn in water conditions and the updated weather forecast for tomorrow. The LPA and habagat are interacting and what initially looked manageable at 6:15am today (video), no longer is. A rescheduled crossing date will be announced shortly.

Pod of dolphins cross our swimmers’ path before the crossing today. Omen of excellent swim conditions!

Records will be broken in conditions like these! #posca #maricabanstraitcrossing

Still overcast but the water conditions may even be better tomorrow. To the next batch of six (6) crossers, see you tomorrow morning!

And Hamlin Angluben completes his crossing and today’s group of five swimmers in 1:25:46. Congratulations!!

Jerry Santos with a flourish of butterfly at the end of his 3.5km crossing of the Maricaban Strait. 1:14:05

Vinson Co Say coming into the shoreline of Marikaban Island in 1:13:45. Congratulations!!

Glenn finishes his Maricaban crossing in under one hour! 59 mins 11seconds

The four swimmers, Glenn Everett, Jana Everett, Michael Ong, and Phil Smithson all on their way to Marikaban Island.

This was the Maricaban Strait this morning, dolphin pod sighting taken by one of our Maricaban Strait crossing pioneers, Robert Suntay. Five (5) swimmers are scheduled to do the Maricaban Strait Crossing this Friday, July 22, two will be doing TWO - WAY, 7Km crossings. WOW. We have opened one more swim day with 4 slots available, on August 5, 2022. Register here: https://bit.ly/POSCAMembership

We are ready to add five more names to the Maricaban Strait Crossing board. Our next, and last batch before the habagat break is next Friday, July 22. Join us if you feel like prepping for the challenge of Cebu 70.3 and the currents in Hilutungan Channel. We can take three (3) more before registration closes this weekend. https://bit.ly/POSCAMembership #POSCA #philippineopenwaterswimming #703cebu #openwaterswimming

Congratulations to Freddie Elizalde for completing the FIRST TWO-WAY CROSSING of the Maricaban Strait last June 7, 2022. Freddie swam BUTTERFLY for the entire 7 kilometers from Anilao to Tingloy and back. POSCA Director Mikey Villanueva was the dedicated observer certifying, monitoring, and record-keeping Freddie's entire 3:05:38 swim. Amazing feat, we think this record will be standing for a while. Cross the Maricaban Strait, the last chance to swim it in June is on the 24th and slots are still available. There are two more open dates in July before we take a habagat break. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/POSCAMembership

Three more names added to the wall of Maricaban Strait Crossing finishers. Including Vince Christian Ang seen here swimming strong, in great water conditions To join the June 24 crossing: https://bit.ly/POSCAMembership #POSCA #philippineopenwaterswimming #philippineopenwaterswimcrossingsassociation

Jed Gabriel swimming across the Maricaban Strait in absolutely calm (for the strait) conditions. June 24 slots to be the next Maricaban Strait Crossing swimmer are open: https://bit.ly/POSCAMembership

May 24 crossing of Maricaban Strait. 5 swimmers started at 6:02am in the CALMEST water we have ever seen since we launched. We think these perfect swim conditions will hold into the month of June, best to sign up! This is Freddie Elizalde doing the first BUTTERFLY crossing, 3.5Km all the way.

Maricaban Strait Crossing POSCA (May 6, 2022)
We were lucky to have Robert Suntay of Studio H2O present to see the first batch of registered swimmers for the Maricaban Strait Crossing last May 6, 2022. Now we have these beautiful overhead captures. The next batch of swimmers are coming up and we are excited to announce that the JUNE 2022 slots are open for sign-ups as well. Please support solo swim crossings and openwater swimming by becoming a member of the Philippine Openwater Swim Crossings Association and/or joining one of our crossings! https://bit.ly/POSCAMembership

Away from the shore you experience the true characteristics of the strait such as spots of shifting and even crossing currents. It calms down at the center of the channel. Conditions-wise, May 6 was a really good day to cross. June slots for the Maricaban Strait Crossing are available: https://bit.ly/POSCAMembership

6:06am crossing start, May 6, 2022. Best possible conditions weather and wind-wise for the crossing.

Jun Macaisa starting his Maricaban swim crossing at 6:06am.

Launch Swim of the Maricaban Strait Swim Crossing (POSCA)
We are excited to announce that the MARICABAN STRAIT CROSSING (3.5Km) is open for bookings! The first swim block is on May 6, Friday. Our registration link goes live this Thursday at 12 noon. Please follow our page as we post more info and updates. #philippineopenwaterswimming #POSCA

Maiden POSCA solo swim crossing: MARICABAN STRAIT 3.5KM CROSSING A solo swim from Planet Dive Resort in Mabini, Anilao to Tingloy Port at Marikaban Island. The strait has multiple marine sanctuaries and is of course part of the world's center of the center of marine biodiversity - the Verde Island Passage. Channel crossings put all of one's openwater skills to the test. Seen here are national openwater swimmers Ron Villamor and Kevin Lua navigating channel currents and some chop. POSCA will open reservations for certified crossings of the Maricaban Strait, please follow us for developments.