This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By continuing to browse on this website, you accept the use of cookies for the above purposes. Know more about cookies here.
An open water swimming race, point to point, with approximately 20km, starting at Belém Dock in Lisbon and finishing at Pescadores Beach in Cascais.
Avg. Air Temperature
in September
Avg. Water Temperature
in September
The Ultramarathon swim Travessia Lisboa-Cascais 20km, will start at Belém Dock. in Lisbon, where swimmers will enter the Tagus River and follow the ebb tide for the first 9km into the ocean.
This is a race point to point with World Aquatics rules and supervised by officials. There will be guidance buoys every 500 meters and 4 aid stations to feed the swimmers’ support kayaks.
While the first 9km are considered swimming in the river, the following 11km will be an ocean swim.
The finish line will be waiting for swimmer’s at Pescadores Beach in Cascais.
The tide flow speeds inside the river are normally greater than 1.5 m/s (5.4 km/h), and can reach 2.5 (9 km/h).
This course also requires swimmer’s to be accompanied by a kayak that will not only serve as added safety but also be responsible for all of the swimmer’s nutrition, making this a true team effort.
| TIME | EVENT | LOCATION |
| 03:00pm | Press Conference | Lisbon, Padrão dos Descobrimentos |
| 04:00pm | Briefing & Accreditation | Lisbon, Padrão dos Descobrimentos |
| TIME | EVENT | LOCATION |
| 07:00am – 08:30am | Accreditation | Lisbon, Belém Dock |
| 08:30am | Swimmer Call | Lisbon, Belém Dock |
| 08:50am | Event Anthem | Lisbon, Belém Dock |
| 09:05am | Race Start (Men) | Lisbon, Belém Dock |
| 09:10am | Race Start (Women) | Lisbon, Belém Dock |
| 09:15am | Race Start (Relay) | Lisbon, Belém Dock |
| 12:45pm | ETA First Swimmer | Cascais, Pescadores Beach |
| 02:00pm | Flower Ceremony | Cascais, Pescadores Beach |
| 05:30pm | ETA Last Swimmer | Cascais, Pescadores Beach |
| TIME | EVENT | LOCATION |
| 01:15pm | Team Award Ceremony | Cascais, Pescadores Beach |
The Race Regulations contain mandatory information, fundamental for a safe participation in the event. Reading and complying with the regulations is mandatory.
Training for this challenge can give you an ultimate experience. Be prepared for the great day with a training plan.
Discuss and include your kayaker in your plan so there are no surprises on race day.
Each swimmer must bring their own supplies and nutrition, and rely on aid stations as a supplement where you can find, banana, water, and cola drinks.
Race Briefing is mandatory. Swimmer’s will be able to check-in and colect their swimmer’s kit at the race briefing location.
Training with the kayaker team member
Hydration and gels every 20 – 30 minutes
A good nutrition and hydration before the race and during the whole crossing can avoid moments of extreme fatigue and cramps
Extra goggles pair to be in the kayak
Bag with nutrition to be in the kayak
Travel to Cascais, Lisbon or Oeiras with time to acclimatize, prepare and adapt to the race courses and venue
We encourage team training between swimmer and kayaker to improve provisioning, guidance and communication.
The race briefing is mandatory for kayakers and swimmers.
Have a phone with charged battery all time and a charged power bank.
The kayaker and the swimmer have to agree on the signals they will use to facilitate their communication.
The kayaker will perform the tasks of provisioning, guidance and assistance of the swimmer under the established rules.
The kayaker is responsible for the direction of the kayak and the trajectory of the swimmer.
The kayaker must paddle at the appropriate speed to accompany the swimmer adjusting their pace.
The kayaker should ensure that the swimmer is about 3 meters on the breathing side.
The kayaker should never stand in front of the swimmer. This is considered drafting and it means disqualification.
The swimmer can approach at the time of the refreshment, never touching the kayak, only the feeding stick.
If the kayaker detects any signals in the swimmer such as extreme fatigue, dehydration, hypothermia, insolation, dizziness or vomiting, the swimmer’s emergency protocol must be initiated.
If the kayaker has to stop, retreat or advance for any reason, like going to an aid station, he must warn his swimmer, the organization by phone and another kayaker of a nearby swimmer or other organization boat must watch his swimmer.
In case of emergency, follow the protocol defined by the organization
We recommend kayaker hydration every 30 minutes and solid food and to feed the swimmer every 20 minutes, avoiding extreme fatigue.
The kayakers position themselves inside the Belém Dock, until the swimmers pass buoy 1 and wait to enter the river until the signal from the officials.
The kayaker will not follow the swimmer to the finish line.
They must go around the finish line arch, and head to the left side of the beach (Pescadores beach) in order to dismount and leave their kayaks.
The kayaker will take any waste accumulated during the course to the designated area in the finish area.
The kayaker can then access the recovery area.
Accreditation kit
Mobile phone and power bank
Sealed case for Mobile phone
Set of adhesive numbers (race kit)
Bag for waste
Personal supplies
Watch
Whistle
Lifejacket or Personal Flotation Device
Hat or cap
Sunglasses with UV protection.
Solar protection with high SPF
Video camera
Binoculars
Drag leash
The kayaker must communicate its condition – a kayak anomaly or his indisposition – to the swimmer.
The kayaker must call the organization/ boat coordinator to take any measures for the kayaker substitution, or find another way to guarantee the swimmer’s safety.
The swimmer can continue the race, if safety is guaranteed by organization.
The kayaker will be towed or rescued by the organization boat and evacuated to the nearest land evacuation point.
© 2024 3IRON SPORTS All Rights Reserved.
This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By continuing to browse on this website, you accept the use of cookies for the above purposes. Know more about cookies here.