"The waves are massive and I have no life jacket on. … I just kept thinking 'just keep swimming, just keep swimming,'" Austin ...

An immigrant welder who drowned off of Rockaway Beach during a late-night swim was a former lifeguard who told his mother he wanted to go lie on the beach and look at the stars, the Daily News has ...

HIGH POINT, N.C. — The danger of swimming during life-threatening waves and rip currents is real and can be deadly. Monday, the National Weather Service reported 60 to 70 rip current rescues at ...

A Florida mom nearly lost her life and leg to gnarly flesh-eating bacteria after taking a swim at a local beach, according to a report. Genevieve Gallagher, 49, remains hospitalized after she ...

A 13-year-old boy who was swept out to sea with his mother and two siblings saved his family by swimming four kilometers (2.5 miles) to shore for help “in rough conditions,” police in Australia said.

While the beach and swimming culture might feel like an intrinsic part of “Australianness”, this hasn’t always been the case. For many of us, swimming lessons, school swimming carnivals and weekends ...