Build your Waikiki Roughwater plan
Your coach opens with the Waikiki Roughwater set for September 6, 2027, asks about your week and your fitness, then writes every session of your open-water swim plan. Free, and you can start as a guest. About 44 weeks to go.
Start your Waikiki Roughwater plan- Formats
- 2.384 miles
- Sport
- Swimming
Waikiki Roughwater distances
- 2.384 miles 3,840 m
Course
The Waikiki Roughwater course
A point-to-point ocean swim along Waikiki. It starts at Sans Souci Beach between the Natatorium and the Kaimana Beach Hotel, heads out the Kapua (Outrigger Canoe Club) Channel, crosses Waikiki and comes in the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel channel to finish at Duke Kahanamoku Beach.
Read the full course notes
The course is marked by buoys every few hundred meters.
- Formats
- 2.384 miles
- Race-day conditions
- Wetsuits, fins (except in the fin division) and any flotation are prohibited. Official finishers must finish in under 2 hours 40 minutes.
What to train for
Build comfortable continuous swims of 75 to 90 minutes without a wetsuit, and practice sighting in ocean swell and across currents.
Rehearse a calm beach start and a run up the sand to the finish line.
Also in Claude
Ask Claude for this plan
Add Athlete Space to Claude once, then paste this prompt and put in your own numbers.
Build me a open-water swim season for the Waikiki Roughwater Swim on September 6, 2027. I train about [hours] hours a week, [days] days a week.
Waikiki Roughwater training questions
How long should I train for the Waikiki Roughwater?
Most athletes give a open-water swim eight to sixteen weeks of focused training on top of an existing base. The coach counts back from your actual race date, so if you have less time than that it builds the best plan the remaining weeks allow rather than pretending you have longer.
What is the Waikiki Roughwater course like?
A point-to-point ocean swim along Waikiki.
How cold is the water at the Waikiki Roughwater?
Wetsuits, fins (except in the fin division) and any flotation are prohibited. Official finishers must finish in under 2 hours 40 minutes.
Do I need an account to get a Waikiki Roughwater training plan?
Start as a guest and save a free account later. Your coach writes your open-water swim plan and adapts it every week as you log your training. No card.