Our fourth annual 10K Swim for Mental Health (formerly the Swim, Paddle Kayak for Mental Health) will be held in Redondo Beach, CA, October 1, 2023, benefitting the South Bay Youth Project, part of the South Bay Children's Health Center.

The 10K Swim for Mental Health (previously the Swim, Paddle, Kayak for Mental Health) was founded by members of the South Bay Masters Swim community in 2020 after a friend and fellow ocean swimming mate's son passed away unexpectedly during the pandemic, at 14 years old.

A few ocean swimmers were already training for a 10K to keep their minds and bodies focused during the pandemic, and decided to turn it into something to help raise awareness for mental health issues and to bring the community together to show support. They also decided to open the event up with an option to swim a shorter distance and to participate on a kayak or paddleboard.

After an unofficial event in 2020, we brought it back officially in 2021 and 2022 to help raise awareness around mental health and raise funds for the South Bay Youth Project, which provides short-term counseling and other supportive social services to at-risk or underserved children, adolescents, and families in local schools and other community-based organizations.

This is a 100% volunteer run event.