Across the Lake Swim
Elk Lake

Across the Lake Swim Elk Lake
New Swim!

July 26th, 2026

Victoria, bc, canada

Minutes From Victoria
Distances
1km
2km
4km
Route
Loop
Loop
Loop
Avg Water Temp
20°C

  • Details

    Elk Lake sits just 20 minutes north of downtown Victoria on the Saanich Peninsula. It’s warm, calm, and familiar to thousands of local swimmers, and it’s the training ground for Canada’s Olympic Rowing Team.

    Hamsterly Beach faces south, so you get full sun right through the evening in July. It’s a beautiful place to swim, and an easy place to spend the day.

    For Victoria area swimmers, this is your event. For everyone else, it’s a great excuse to visit the Island!

    Register for both island swims and save some $$!

  • Sponsors

    Official Storage

    Space Centre Storage

    Swim Cap

    Pagdin Health

  • Courses

  • Schedule

    DateStart TimeEnd TimeEventPlace
    Sun, Jul 268:00 am8:00 amPackage PickupHamsterly Beach
    Sun, Jul 269:00 am4km Swim StartHamsterly Beach
    Sun, Jul 269:10 am2km Swim StartHamsterly Beach
    Sun, Jul 269:20 am1km Swim StartHamsterly Beach

    Times are subject to change.

  • Package Pickup

    Package pick up is the morning of the swim on July 26 at Hamsterly Beach at 8am

  • Updates

    • There are currently no updates.

  • Parking

    Parking is available in the Hamsterly Beach parking lot on Brookleigh Road.

  • Results

    Coming Soon!

  • It takes a great group of people to bring these swims to life, and we’re always glad to have more helping hands. If you’d like to be part of the day and support the swimmers out on the water, we’d love to have you join us.

    We’ll be posting our volunteer positions soon. Please check back.

Across the Lake Swim Elk Lake is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Indigenous Nations across British Columbia.

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