Finswimming is one of the most exciting water sport ever. Finswimming is a sport belonging to the aquatic specialties which, using specific equipment (monofin, fins, snorkel or cylinders) allows the athlete to reach much higher speeds than swimming. There are indoor (swimming pools) and open water (sea, lake, rivers) championships.

To which federation belongs Finswimming?

The international federation to which fin swimming belongs is CMAS, the Confédération Mondial des Activités Subaquatiques, which is part of the ARISF, and is a discipline recognized by the IOC.

Is there an age limit to join Finswimming?

Finswimming is suitable for any age . In fact, there are competitions for very young people, for children and adults and for veterans, over 25 years old.

How can I find a Finswimming club?

You can find Finswimming clubs easily, just looking on the internet.

How can i stay updated with Finswimming News?

Finswimmer Magazine is the most comprehensive web site about Finswimming in which you can find events, updates and everything about Finswimming.

Finswimming Erasmus Program in Barcelona with Ukranian Finswimmer - Finswimmer Magazine

The famous Ukranian Finswimmer Katya Sokolovskaya went back once again to Spain to train during next season with Club Natació L’Hospitalet team. This kind of things is bringing every year more and more finswimmers to move from one country to another both to study or to train with different methods and trainers such as like a Finswimming Erasmus Program.

We really believe this is a good opportunity for finswimming to improve through knowledge sharing brought by this kind of initiative and we hope to see more and more finswimmers moving around the continent and the world in benefit of our sport.

There are other examples all around the World, such as in Italy, in particular NP Varedo Finswimming Club is hosting the Turkish finswimmer Derin Toparlak, Yoon Young-joong from Korea and Paula Aguirre from Colombia, and in the past Sayed Baruki from Egypt. Also in the past other finswimmers as Stefano Figini from Italy, Salvador Badillo from Mexico and some Venezuelan finswimmers has been in Colombian clubs training preparing their finswimimng seasons and competitions.