'A strong sense of wellbeing': 5 things to know about sea swimming

Since covid, there has been a significant increase in the popularity of sea swimming in Ireland, but what are the benefits? And what do we need to know about it? Helen O’Callaghan finds out

Peter Conway of Swim Ireland

Who could have predicted, back pre-covid, that so many of us would embrace sea swimming to the point where taking a dip, even in chilly winter waters, wouldn’t faze us at all? 

Where we’d sit on the beach for a post-swim cuppa and chat with strangers who quickly morph into like-minded splashy pals?