Our members swim year-round in the waters of Aquatic Park, where temperatures vary from about 50 F in January to about 61 F in September (unless El Nino warms things up!). A line of buoys parallel to the shore marks a quarter-mile course; you may also swim anywhere else inside the pier and breakwater that you feel comfortable.

After six months' membership in good standing, members may participate in the Club's organized swim program--approximately 20 swims inside and outside the cove throughout the year. Highlights of the program include the Golden Gate and Alcatraz swims, twilight swims followed by potluck barbecues, and our longest swim--Fort Point to Aquatic Park.

Click here for our swim schedule.

All Club activities are organized and managed by volunteers. Everyone who completes a regularly scheduled swim or helps on the support crew receives a participation award.

Not into the mass swim scene? Sign up for our mileage competitions instead. If you can swim at least 40 miles between December 21 and March 21, you're honored as an official Dolphin Club Polar Bear. Even more challenging is the 100-mile swim, June 1 to October 31 in San Francisco Bay waters.

The Dolphin Club is a nonprofit organization open to all!