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Books
Swimbooks - Reviews of many popular books on swimming.

Open Water Swimming - From techniques for swimming in a crowd to navigating a straight line, author Penny Lee Dean provides invaluable advice to long-distance swimmers, marathon swimmers, triathletes, and their coaches
Videos
Swimming From Alcatraz - A guide for Swimmers & Triathletes. Also available on our shopping site. See Products.

Bill Borger's English Channel Crossing - The first Calgarian to successfully swim the English Channel. He swam to promote awareness for mental health and wellness. 40-minute video documentary of the Channel Swimming Experience.
Magazines
Swim Info - "The World's Leading Independent Resource for Swimming"

SwimSport (web Magazine) - An information source for swimmers of all levels and ages. Over 100 articles online. New searchable format.

Triton - This Mexican Magazine sponsors open water events
Websites
Morton Salt Report - A great site dedicated to open water swimming in Southern California

Marathon and Long-Distance Swimming - Bryan Finlay's massive website. A great resource with particular emphesis on (and pride in) Canada.

Active.com - Find events, register online. The online resistrar.
Organizations

United States Masters Swimming - USMS is a national organization of more than 42,000 members that provides organized workouts, competitions, clinics and workshops for adults aged 18 and over.

Federación Entrerriana de Natación - FEN Masters swimming organization in Argentina. Has lot's of open water events.

Water Keeper Alliance
- If it weren't for these folks forcing industry to clean up it's act, we'd all be swimming in pools. They continue to be vigilant on our behalf.

Government

NOAA - National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. So much information it's hard to know where to start. So I have provided relevant links.

CDC Tide Predictions - Western Australia Tides

Easy Tide -Europe, Northern Waters, Mediterranean, S. Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Japan, Pacific Islands, & more

Links Sites
The Yellow Pages of Swimming - Also known as Swimlinx. Handy

The Swimming Index - 9176 swim links (I counted)