Swim the Loop
Open‑water swim races in Wilmington with 3.5‑mile loop and 1.3‑mile sprint courses starting at high tide.
Swim the Loop starts and finishes at the Dockside Restaurant on Airlie Road, on the Wilmington side of the Intracoastal Waterway. The 3.5-mile course circles Harbor Island and starts at high tide to ensure an even but challenging tide pattern throughout the swim. Don't be fooled, though: there will be stretches of incoming tide, falling tide and slack tide.
The Motts Channel Sprint starts at the Trailborn Surf & Sound on Wrightsville Beach and finishes across the Intracoastal Waterway at the Dockside Restaurant on Airlie Road. The course is approximately 1.3 miles and is a point-to-point swim. It also starts at high tide to ensure a slight incoming to slack tide throughout the swim.