Waikiki RoughWater

For entries received prior to September 1, 2024 an email confirmation and pre-race instructions will be emailed to each entrant. If you use mail filters it may end up in your junk mail folder. If no email confirmation is received by race weekend, or you forget to print it out, you may go to the late registration desk to confirm your registration and receive your race number and start designation. This number is required to obtain your race chip on race day. If you want to confirm receipt of entry, look on the website after August 31, 2024. Race numbers, swim caps and timing chips for entrants will be available for pick up at Sans Souci Beach on race day 7:00 AM to 8:15 AM.

8:30 AM, Monday, September 2, 2024

Out the Kapua (Outrigger Canoe Club) Channel, across Waikiki, and in the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel channel. Course will be marked by buoys every few hundred meters.

Sans Souci Beach between the Natatorium and the Kaimana Beach Hotel, Waikiki. There will be staggered starts at 5-minute intervals beginning at 8:30 AM.

To reduce crowding at the start, the field will be divided into groups of approximately 150 to 200 people based upon entry times. The fastest swimmers will be in the first group and slower swimmers in the succeeding groups. Late entries may be put into slower groups depending on availability. The race committee reserves the right to place you in any group. If you have been unable to finish in the past or have difficulty swimming 2000 meters you should not enter unless you have significantly improved your swimming ability. If you swam 2023's Waikiki Roughwater Swim, please enter your time (can be found on the Waikiki Roughwater Swim Official Results Page) in the space provided on the application form. Otherwise enter a 2000 meter swim time (which may be an educated estimate) or no time. Note that the Swim/Paddle course at Ala Moana Beach Park is 1000 Meters in length. Up and back is 2000 Meters.

FINISH:
Duke Kahanamoku beach in front of the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel. Swimmers must cross the finish line, which will be 20-30 meters up the beach from the water's edge. To be an official finisher, you must complete the race in less than 2 hours and 40 minutes and wear a swim cap during the race and while crossing the finish line.

Your safety is our most important concern. There will be boats and paddlers on surfboards patrolling the racecourse. Swimmers are responsible for their own physical condition and are encouraged to train adequately and have a physical check-up prior to the swim. Swimmers who have not made significant progress by 10:30 AM may be pulled from the water at the discretion of the Water Safety Patrol. We want every swimmer to finish, so we do not take this lightly. If you fail to follow the instructions of water safety, you will not be allowed to enter any WRS sponsored event in the future.   All non-finishers will be taken to the beach area of the Hilton Hawaiian Village or to the start if closer.

Race day all swimmers will be numbered on legs and arms. You will be disqualified if you are not numbered or if your numbers are not visible.

Your race number will be emailed to you by August 31, 2024. If you do not have email, race number can be picked up in person at late registration table on September 2, 2024. If you use email filters, the email with your number may end up in your junk mail folder. Bring a copy of your email confirmation on race day and go straight to the body marking, cap pick up line for your wave. 

To ensure fair competition, no personal escorts on surfboards, kayaks or boats are permitted.

Competitors must wear the WRS color swim cap they are provided at registration.

Men may wear briefs or jammers (waist to knee), and women one or two piece shoulder* to knee swimsuits. *Women's swimsuits may not cover the shoulder.

No tri suits, swim skins, or materials that add buoyancy are allowed. If a prohibited suit is worn, the swimmer will be assessed a 10 minute penalty.

This is a swimming event: flotation devices, fins (except for the fin division), wetsuits, suits that provide any sort of floatation of any kind or any other swimming aides are prohibited.  Your entry fee includes a swim cap that MUST be worn during the race.

Goggles are allowed and are recommended.

Masks are permitted.  FULL FACE COMBINED MASK AND SNORKELS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED.  Snorkels are permitted however the swimmer must be able to see the course and officials and observe safety personnel and race official’s instructions. 

Head phones are not permitted for safety reasons. 

Must be submitted to referee at the finish line within 30 minutes of the swimmer's finish.

See entry fee information on the Application Page.

Late entries will be accepted between noon and 3 PM HT September 1, 2024 at Boca Hawaii - 330 Cooke Street, Honolulu, Hawaii. Cash or Credit will be accepted.

Late entries will be accepted race day between 7:00 AM and 8:00 AM HT. Race day entry fee is $120. Cash or Credit will be accepted.

All T-shirts will be distributed at the finish line. If you do not swim or finish the race, you can still pick up your shirt at the Shirt Table. T-shirt table will close at 1:00 PM.  T-shirts will not be available after race day. Swimmers who enter after August 25, 2024 will not be guaranteed Shirts. We always order extra, but sometimes we run out due to a surge of last minute entries.

Male & Female: 10&Under, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, 17-18, 19-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, etc. Top three overall male and female finishers will be placed in an elite division.

Name of the first individual to finish will be engraved on the "Alexander Hume Ford" perpetual trophy. Elite division awards to the top three male and female finishers. Elite division winners will not participate in the age group competition. Awards will be presented to the top three male and female finishers in each division (or 5% of entrants, which ever is greater). The fin division will not utilize age groups and all fin swimmers will start last. Military top finishers will also be presented. Awards ceremony to start no earlier than 11:30 AM. Timers will wait for the last official swimmer to finish. Live results will also be posted. Awards will not be mailed or delivered to the winners at the expense of the committee. If you are unable to make the awards ceremony please pick up your award following final posting of results or have a friend pick it up for you.