Ben Jones

CanToo 2025 Hobart Summer Ocean Swim Program & 2024/25 Tasmanian Ocean Swim Series

15 Dec 2024 – Shirin and I signed up for the CanToo 2025 Summer Ocean Swim Program – the first time this program has been run in Hobart.

CanToo provides professionally coached training programs for participants of any fitness level to run, swim and cycle their way to a healthier lifestyle and a cancer-free world. 

In return, we have committed to raising funds for the CanToo Foundation which go towards the prevention, care, and control of cancer – since 2005, CanToo has trained over 22,000 participants and raised over $30,000,000 to invest in over 150 cancer research grants.

We are also participating in the 2024/25 Tasmanian Ocean Swim Series – a fun way to become familiar with more of Tassie’s great ocean swimming beaches.

Thanks for your support and thanks to the Kingston Beach Surf Life Saving Club for getting behind this really worthwhile program.

30 March – CanToo Swim Challenge – T-Bone Brewing Co finale

Jim thanking Greg ?

30 March – CanToo Swim Challenge – Ben finish

4 x 500 = 2.3 km, slow going in board shorts!

30 March – CanToo Swim Challenge – Shirin finish

4 x 500 = 2.1 km

30 March – CanToo Swim Challenge

Final CanToo swim event

23 March – 2024/25 Tasmanian Ocean Swim Series

Seven of the eight TOSS swims completed. We are fortunate to have so many beautiful places to swim in Tassie plus so many well run events hosted by great community surf lifesaving clubs  :-)

23 March – TOSS Beach2Beach Swim – Garmin map

2.7 km – swam wide of coast to avoid the crowds :-)

23 March – TOSS Beach2Beach Swim – finish!

Finished – great swim against strong outgoing tide

23 March – TOSS Beach2Beach Swim

Heading out to first buoy

23 March – TOSS Beach2Beach Swim – pre start briefing

Briefing before start in four waves

23 March – TOSS Beach2Beach Swim – CanToo Hobart swim pod

The first CanToo team in Tasmania. Go CanToo :-)

23 March – TOSS Beach2Beach Swim – Sunrise and pre start setup at Kingston Beach

Last event in the 2024/25 Tasmanian Ocean Swim Series. Sunrise and pre start setup at Kingston Beach. Record 163 starters in the 2.6 km B2B and 36 starters in the inaugural 5 km B2B two races in one.

18 March – Kingston Beach with Ross & Shirin

15 March - Blackmans Bay to Kingston with Shirin

25 Feb – Blackmans Bay to Kingston with Philip, Ross & Shirin

No stoping! Calm, flat, clear near perfect conditions :)

23 Feb – TOSS Port Sorell Penguin Island swim – beach start

Nice clear water out to Island, second third of swim into wind and swell was challenging, final third much easier swimming but sighting final bouy and beach difficult

22 Feb – TOSS Devonport Mersey River Pub2Club – river start

Fast swim down the river - tide assisted

22 Feb – TOSS Devonport Mersey River Pub2Club – pre swim

With Shirin and Philip

18 Feb – Kingston to Boronia return with Ross, Baz & Shirin – morning calm

16 Feb – Kingston to Boronia return with CanToo team – on the way

16 Feb – Kingston to Boronia return with CanToo team – pre swim

14 Feb – Boronia to Blackmans Bay – post swim with Shirin & Ross

Shirin & Ross very happy with their new wetsuits!

14 Feb – Boronia Beach – morning calm

Perfect clear, calm water all the way to Blackmans Bay

11 Feb – Kingston to Boronia – swim with Shirin & Ross

Ross in orange CanToo rashie swimming in background (at breakwall)

11 Feb – Kingston to Boronia – swim with Shirin & Ross

Misty early morning swim - clear & calm

8 Feb - Bruny Wild Swim Classic 1500 m

Adventure Bay – wild but clear & calm in the water

8 Feb - Bruny Wild Swim Classic - pre start

~80 Bruny Wild Swimmers!

4 Feb – Tuesday morning swim at Kingston with Shirin, Ross & Zac – smoke haze

2 Feb – CanToo Hobart Pod – Sunday open water training session at Kingston with swim coaches Peter & Sandra

Hard work practising sighting in choppy conditions

1 Feb – Kingston Beach – pre swim with Shirin, Jo and Zac

31 Jan – Beautiful morning swim from Boronia to Kingston with Ross

29 Jan – Clarence Aquatic Centre pre pool training celebrations

Just a little bit embarrassing! The Hobart CanToo team celebrating Shirin & me meeting our fund raising commitments.

28 Jan - Kingston Beach – post swim with Shirin, Ross

plus Bronwyn and Lisa

28 Jan - Kingston Beach - so peaceful

Looking south towards Boronia

28 Jan - Kingston Beach – glorious morning

Looking north towards Alum cliffs

26 Jan - TOSS Kingston Beach – post swim with Ross & Shirin

Swim distances confirmed to have been 2.3 km for the 1.5 km and 900 m for the 500 m – great swim Ross

26 Jan - TOSS Kingston Beach – finish

Perfect flat conditions but tough swim with leaky goggles

26 Jan - TOSS Kingston Beach – male senior masters and legends start

Record 158 swimmers in total (108 in 1.5 km swim, 50 in 500 m swim)

26 Jan - TOSS Kingston Beach – pre start briefing

Beware of large blooms of moon jellyfish

26 Jan - TOSS Kingston Beach – pre event

Morning calm before Raine & Horne Kingborough Rentals Kingston Beach 1500 m swim – fourth swim in Tasmanian Ocean Swim Series

24 Jan – Kingston Beach – swim with Ross

22 Jan – Clarence Aquatic Centre – with Ross & Shirin

22 Jan – Clarence Aquatic Centre – Hobart CanToo team

21 Jan – Kingston Beach – swim with Ross & Shirin

19 Jan – Kingston Beach – Hobart CanToo team first ocean swim

17 Jan – Kingston Beach – swim with Ross

1 Jan – Bridport Swim The Pier 2 km – with Shirin

1 Jan – Bridport Swim The Pier 2 km – finish

1 Jan – Bridport Swim The Pier 2 km – Jeff Jennings drone footage

28 Dec – Seven Mile Beach 'Brook St Pier 12 Hundred' – finish

28 Dec – Seven Mile Beach 'Brook St Pier 12 Hundred' – pre start

23 Nov – Carlton Park Clearwater Classic 1.5 km – finish

23 Nov – Carlton Park Clearwater Classic 1.5 km – start