Open Water Swimming News & Views

Prabhat Koli from Mumbai, India has acccomplished many achievements in the open water swimming world during his young career. With his March 5th crossing of the Cook Strait , Koli became the 22nd person to complete the Oceans Seven . Escorted by Donald Dring, observed by Brett Richardson, crewed by Chief Omar Vaquero, and navigated by Corey Fairbairn on March 1st 2023, Koli crossed the Cook Strait from the South Island to the North Island in 8 hours 41 minutes and 5 seconds. Koli became the youngest person in history to complete the Oceans Seven at 23 years 7 months and 2 days. He talks below about his motivations: Q1. Do you swim to inspire the youth of India? A1. I have swam 18 open water swimming events that has varied from 10 km to 81 km in India, which includes pioneering 6 new courses. I am now exploring new swim routes in different states of India to inspire more swimmers to participate in open water swimming. Over the last two years, I organized long distance ...

Prabhat Koli from Mumbai, India has acccomplished all kinds of achievements in the open water swimming world during his young career. With his latest crossing of the Cook Strait , Koli became the 22nd person to complete the Oceans Seven . Escorted by Donald Dring, observed by Brett Richardson, crewed by Chief Omar Vaquero, and navigated by Corey Fairbairn on March 1st 2023, Koli crossed the Cook Strait from the South Island to the North Island in 8 hours 41 minutes and 5 seconds. Born on July 27th 1999, Koli is the youngest person in history to complete the Oceans Seven at 23 years 7 months and 2 days. His road to success is a long time coming and is due to a constant focus and dedication to his craft. He is the youngest male to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming and was awarded the prestigious Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award in 2018 [shown below]. In addition to his Oceans Seven channels, he has completed the 81 km India National Open Water Swimmi...