OceanFit provides professional open water swim coaching in Cape Town, specialising in Robben Island swim training, cold water conditioning and structured ocean swim programs for adults of all levels.
Be In Your Element. We build the confidence, technique, and fitness required to master the Cape’s oceans and achieve your swim goals.
Advance your own personal coaching needs with customised sessions that cater to your unique goals.
Maintain or enhance your fitness levels with the camaraderie and motivation of group training.
Prepare for any swimming event including extreme swims with comprehensive training.
Karen and Oceanfit have not only fixed my swim technique, they have also made my body and mind stronger, healthier and fitter. I’ve swum with other groups in Cape Town in the past, but in this group I’ve found a real swimming community, I absolutely love it. 100% recommend.
Oceanfit with Coach Karen is brilliant. She just gets it — knows when to push you and when to let you pull back. Pool training with her has made a huge difference to my open-water swimming. Her experience with cold-water skins swimming in Cape Town is next level, and her nutrition advice really ties everything together. Proper game changer.
I have been with Coach Karen since my very first swimming lesson at the age of 40. She has taken me from a hesitant swimmer with questionable technique, to successfully completing a Robben Island crossing as well as many other long swim events in the past 3 years. Her pool squad coaching style is firm but gentle. She takes personal needs into account and explores your limits in a friendly and motivating fashion. I feel much more confident in the ocean, but most importantly, I keep swimming regularly because I enjoy it.
“Varne Ridge conducts Robben Island, Cape Point, False Bay, Dassen Island, and other swim crossings.”
“Kerby Recycling. Helping our planet breath is what gets us out of bed. It excites us. We live, eat, sleep, breath ensuring a cleaner healthier planet.”
“Dragonfly Tri believes in the power of an ACTIVE LIFESTYLE for mental and physical health. PUSH limits, EXPLORE new paths, and be ACTIVE outdoors.”
“Beautiful Oceans Marine Research and Ocean Conservation. Protecting our oceans for future generations. Sustainable local solutions to clearing plastics out of our Cape Town oceans. And taking those plastics and converting them into kids’ educational toys.”
The Cape Long Distance Swimming Association is the official body that ratifies, records and celebrates open water swimming achievements in the Western Cape.
The brand Button Wear is a range of bespoke, multi-functional, quick-to-dry, roomy to change under robes, which can be worn to and from a swim.
| Day | Time(s) | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 06h45 · 08h00 · 17h30 | Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck |
| Wednesday | 07h00 · 08h00 | Sea Point Pavilion (season dependent) |
| Thursday | 06h45 · 08h00 · 17h30 | Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck |
| Friday | 06h45 · 08h00 | Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck |
Enquire for a tailored recommendation:
Email: charmaine@oceanfit.co.za
WhatsApp: 083 375 7503 (Coach Karen)
*Seasonal time changes apply
