If you are participating in the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon on June 9th, 2019 here’s your chance to swim the course before race day and learn how to achieve your personal best!
We have two special course overview and swim days for Escape Tri competitors on June 7th and 8th
We’ve scheduled clinic start times to begin at the same current speed (2 knots) as Sunday’s race so you can learn as much as possible before the actual race in the same conditions.
Clinic Topics
- Full course overview by boat, going over sighting landmarks and currents of the San Francisco Bay
- Jump strategies
- Sighting and course details
- Current, wind and chop information
- How to land quickly and easily
- Get tips & tricks for swimming Alcatraz
- Ask questions along the way
- Swim the entire course from Alcatraz to the finish
- Gain confidence from pre-swimming the entire course
As licensed US Coast Guard captains and open water swimmers, we have piloted and swam Alcatraz hundreds of times and helped thousands complete an Alcatraz swim quickly and without issue.
Price for the
MEETING TIMES [REVISED 6/3/2019]:
Thursday, June 6th Schedule:
ARRIVE – 6:00 AM
START OVERVIEW CLINIC – 6:10 AM
EMBARK – 6:45 AM
START ON WATER CLINIC/St Francis – 7:30 AM
JUMP – 8:15 AM @ 2KTS w/dying ebb
BEACH – 9:10 AM
DISEMBARK @ PIER 1-1/2 – 9:50 AM
Friday, June 7th Schedule:
ARRIVE – 6:45 AM
START OVERVIEW CLINIC – 6:55 AM
EMBARK – 7:30 AM
START ON WATER CLINIC/St Francis – 8:15 AM
JUMP – 9:00 AM @ 2KTS w/dying ebb
BEACH – 9:50 AM
DISEMBARK @ PIER 1-1/2 – 10:30 AM
Saturday, June 8th Schedule:
ARRIVE – 7:15 AM
START OVERVIEW CLINIC – 7:25 AM
EMBARK – 8:00 AM
START ON WATER CLINIC/St Francis – 8:45 AM
JUMP – 9:30 AM @ 2KTS w/dying ebb
BEACH – 10:20 AM
DISEMBARK @ PIER 1-1/2 – 11:00 AM
IMPORTANT: The tide waits for no one — be on time or miss the boat!
NOTE: Event packet pickup opens at 11 AM Saturday (and ends at 5 PM), so Saturday clinic members will have plenty of time to check-in at Marina Green after our swims…
REGISTERNEW! Swim Alcatraz Friday Night…
How about a ‘REAL’ escape swim?
On Friday, June 7th and Tuesday, June 11th, we will re-trace the 1962 Alcatraz Escape by the Anglin Brothers — at night.
On June 11th, this swim will be on the 57th anniversay of their escape, with the same exact ebb current they had, and follow the same track the most likely did. The 9th is available for those in town for the Escape from Alctraz triathlon.
There is a lot of hype about this prison escape. Though the SF route Escape Swim is often swum, we don’t know of anyone who has swum the same escape route, with the same current, following the same course at night, except us. There’s a big difference in swimming the real Anglin escape route vs. the SF Escape route to St. Francis.
Be one of the few.
Space is limited! Skin and wetsuit swimmers are both welcome but homemade raincoat rafts are not. 😉
We expect to cover the route in about 90-minutes. It’s is not a difficult swim because we will ride the tide but we expect you to be an experienced swimmer who can swim the course front crawl (NOT BREASTSTROKE!) without stopping. Water temps should be about 60ºF/15ºC. We reserve the right to pickup and relocate slow swimmers for safety reasons.
We provide all lighting (cap and suit lights)
All swimmers will receive and a high-quality, heavyweight 100% silcone Alcatraz Swim Cap and commemorative Escape T-Shirt.
Join us. Cost is $195/pp
If you have additional questions, contact us at swim@pacificswim.co (not.com)
