3-Night Cornwall Wild Swimming Break
Discover an active coastal break in Cornwall
18-21 October 2023 | From £745 per person | Limited spaces remaining
Invigorate the senses, improve technique and become immersed in the benefits of sea swimming to mind, body and soul. Take the plunge with an unforgettable sea swimming retreat at St Michaels.
Highlights include:
• 3-nights accommodation at our luxury Cornish wellness resort
• Dinner every night
• Full Cornish breakfast
• Expert sea swimming tuition
• Yoga session
• Gyllyngvase SUP experience or Hydrothermal spa experience
• Complimentary Health Club swim & gym access
Add an extra night from £95 per person
*Prices per person based on single occupancy or two people sharing a Classic/Twin room. If sharing a room and your sharer does not want to participate in the wild swimming sessions, please call for prices.
Wild Swimming Break Itinerary & Requirements
Swimming experience - while no prior open water swimming is necessary, it is a real advantage. You should be able to swim 400m without stopping. This can be a mix of strokes though some should be front crawl.
Equipment - a swimming (not watersports) wetsuit is essential unless you have experience with non-wetsuit open water swimming. It is possible to rent suits, please discuss well in advance of your stay with our reservations team. You should also bring a bright swim hat, goggles/spare goggles, a dry robe or warm beach towels, sunglasses, sun cream, hot drinks flask (if possible). If you have a towe float, this is an advantage but these can be provided.
Welcome to St Michaels
PM
Arrive, check in and relax into your subtropical hideaway
Welcome talk, meet and greet with complimentary drink
Dinner
Time to swim
AM
Pool-based swim in indoor Health Club
Introductory talk over continental or cooked breakfast
First sea swim
PM
Yoga stretch session
Guided walk to Swanpool with sea swim, group coaching and Q&A session
Dinner
Feel good again
AM
Sunrise yoga
Talk over continental or hot breakfast
Sea swim from Gylly beach with individual coaching
PM
Paddleboarding or 2-hour Hydrothermal Experience
Dinner
Final flourish
AM
One last sea swim
Talk over continental or cooked breakfast
Check out and goodbyes
Develop: meet the experts, improve your stroke
Swim Lab’s Salim Ahmed is, quite simply, a cold water swim guru: a title hard-earned through years of coaching on lakes and open seas across Europe. Soak up some sea swim wisdom as Salim shares his cold water philosophy, conducts individual video analysis and provides small group coaching taking in technique, breathing methods and swim psychology.
Then, while the wetsuit dries out, head for the beach or yoga studio with the experts at St Michaels Health Club, who will gently draw you through stretch sessions specifically tailored for tired swimmers!
Book Cornwall Wild Swimming Break
Book with confidence
Active Cornish Breaks can be booked by calling our reservations team on 01326 312 707 or online.
A 20% deposit will be taken when your booking is confirmed, with the balance due 28 days prior to arrival.
Your booking can be cancelled without charge up to 28 days prior to arrival.
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Included
• 3-night stay in our luxury wellness resort
• Daily guided paddleboarding sessions plus water safety and sea swimming
• Shore-based coaching sessions
• Beach yoga session
• Daily Cornish breakfast
• Dinner every night
• Garden Kitchen grill/bbq on one night
• 2-hour Hydrothermal Experience
• Complimentary Swim & gym Health Club access
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Entries to the 2023 Walking Break are now closed. Fill out the form below to find out when our next break begins.
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Highlights include:
• 3-night stay in a Classic King/Twin Room
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• Dinner every night
• 2-hour Hydrothermal Experience in St Michaels Spa
• Complimentary use of Health Club swim and gym facilities
• Guided walks with local expert Paul from WalkitCornwall
Take the plunge
Cornwall Wild Swimming Break
18-21 Oct 2023 | From £745 per person
Invigorate the senses, improve technique and become immersed in the mental and physical benefits of cold water swimming during an unforgettable wild sea swimming retreat at St Michaels.
Your Cornwall Wild Swimming Break inclusions:
• 3-night stay in our luxury wellness resort
• Dinner every night
• Full Cornish breakfast
• Expert sea swim tuition
• Yoga session
• Gyllyngvase SUP experience or St Michaels Spa Hydrothermal Experience
• Complimentary Health Club swim & gym access
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• Daily Cornish breakfast
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• Body analysis session
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• Bespoke training plan to take away
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Your break includes:
• A 3-night stay in a Classic King/Twin Room
• Daily Cornish breakfast
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• Wild swimming and ice baths
• Dinner every night
• 2-hour Hydrothermal Experience on two occasions
• Yoga, breathwork and meditation
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Highlight include:
• 3-night stay in our luxury wellness resort
• Dinner every night
• Full Cornish breakfast
• Expert sea swim tuition
• Yoga session
• Gyllyngvase SUP experience or St Michaels Spa Hydrothermal Experience
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• 2-night stay in our luxury wellness resort
• Dinner every night
• Full Cornish breakfast
• Expert swim tuition
• Yoga session
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