CAPE
Sandy Bay to Clifton
16km SwimRun
Black Grade / Team Event (2 or 6)
Wetsuits Required
SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2025
(Sunday 30 November - bad weather backup day)
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Torpedo Cape Town Long Course
An extraordinary SwimRun race at the foot of the Twelve Apostles and 7th Natural Wonder of the World.
SwimRun Cape entry includes:
- Africa’s 1st SwimRun across world-famous sites – Llandudno, Oudekraal, 12 Apostles, Camps Bay and Clifton
- Torpedo swim cap by Bootlegger
- Premium bus to startline above Sandy Bay
- Full water and land safety
- 3 Energy points on route
- Complimentary race photographs
- A SwimRun bucket list experience
- The pinnacle black grade race in the Torpedo SwimRun African Series
- Atlantic freezing cold waters - #wildlycool only for the brave
- Finishline at Clifton 4th Beach
Required to enter:
- Team of two
- Two equally competent athletes start and finish together and cannot be separated by more than 10m
- Compulsory Gear: Wetsuit (short arms and legs permitted) + Running Shoes + Whistle (bring your own)
- All entrants are required to complete and pass an online Ocean test prior to racing. The test covers safety elements, emergency protocol and race rules. The questionnaire is by Christina Geromont who completed a thesis on SwimRun, and her paper "Swimrun race, athletes, safety and performance: A brief review" can be found here.
Age limit:
- 18
Swim and Run distances:
- 6x Runs – Total = 12km
- 6x Swims – Total = 4km
- Total Combined – 16km
Torpedo gear provided:
- Torpedo swim cap
- Torpedo race vest (to be returned)
- Mobii timing chip (to be returned)
- Emergency number wrist band
Hydro points on the route:
- Racefood: Hydro Point 1 – Top of Llandudno climb (Victoria Drive)
- Bootlegger: Hydro Point 2 – Bootlegger coffee shop Bakoven (Victoria Drive)
- PURA Hydration: Finish Line – at Clifton 4th
Event cost:
- Team of 2: R1,200 per person (R2,400 per team of 2)
- 6 Guns: R1,050 per person (6,300 per team of 6)
Optional extra gear permitted:
- Swimming hand paddles
- SwimRun pull buoy
- Team pull rope
- Swim goggles
- Fins (15cm permitted)
- Extra Cap (for the cold water and to hold your goggles in place)
Swim and run segment details:
Swim and run segment details:
There are twelve sections of swimming and running along this iconic coastline. From white-sand beaches, to freezing Atlantic sea, a shipwreck, the granite boulder fields, kelp forests, and Maidens Cove beneath the 12 Apostle mountains – it’s the #wildlycool Torpedo Cape.