2022 Swimcation

Register January 1st for 2022 Change your latitude!

2022 Change Your Latitude – 57° North Open Water Challenge registration opens January 1st! Change Your Latitude race organizers are looking forward to welcoming swimmers back to Sitka for another exciting event in 2022! New for 2022 we are offering a Sitka SwimCation to complement the weekend race, along with our famous excursion swims in […]

2022! August 7

Well, there you have it! Where will you be August 7, 2022? Sitka Sound is calling! Join us for the 2022 Change Your Latitude weekend or the week. Adventure swims starting Wednesday August 3 and through the rest of the week. Stay tuned for more information… In the meantime spread the word, make your plans […]

2021 Registration OPEN!

We are beyond excited to announce that the 2021 Change Your Latitude – 57° North Open Water Challenge registration is open! After what was possibly the most crazy year for many of us and the cancellation of the 2020 official event Change Your Latitude race organizers are looking forward to welcoming swimmers back to Sitka […]

2021 – August 8th!

We can not wait to welcome everyone back to Sitka waters in 2021! We are excited to announce that the weekend of August 8th we will gather to celebrate the full return of the Northernmost Open Ocean swim in the US! Registration will open January 1st 2021. For early arriving swimmers we will again be […]

Registration Suspended

Registration for the 2020 Change Your Latitude has been suspended. We will be posting an update on the status of the 2020 event very soon. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Thank you to everyone for your continued support of the Baranof Barracudas Swim Club and Change Your Latitude – 57° North Open Water […]

2020 Registration is OPEN!

2020 Change Your Latitude – 57° North Open Water Challenge will be held August 9th at the Sitka Sound Science Center beach in Sitka Alaska. Join us for the Northernmost open ocean race in the United States!! Register at ACTIVE Networks- Change Your Latitude Page. For early arriving swimmers we will again be offering a few adventure swims […]

2019 Change Your Latitude Results!

What a great weekend (for some a week) of events!! Thank you to everyone for coming! Thank you to all for supporting the Baranof Barracudas Swim Club – to our sponsors, volunteers and supporters! You Rock! A huge congratulations to all the swimmers who took the plunge! Here are the results with lap splits for […]

Adventure Swim and Weekend Schedule!

2019 Adventure Swims…

We are putting together the adventure swim schedule tomorrow… looks like we will have Wednesday, Thursday and Friday swims at minimum. Saturday swim along the Change Your Latitude course. Stay tuned for more information emailed out tomorrow evening. If you are interested and haven’t emailed to let us know please do!