Sydney Skinny swim: Hundreds go naked at Cobbler’s Beach for world’s biggest nude swim
Hundreds strip down for skinny dipping in the world’s largest nude bath in Sydney Harbour, and there were no complaints about the cold water this year.
- Around 1,300 Australians have gone all-naked in a nude bath
- They reveled in the energetic atmosphere on Sunday.
Around 1,300 Australians have stripped down in the world’s largest annual nude swim, which has returned after a three-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Hundreds of swimmers plunged headlong into the water at Cobbler’s Beach for the Sydney Skinny in the north of the city on Sunday.
The event failed to break the record for the largest strip-dipping event of all time, set in 2018 when 2,505 nude women participated in the Irish Strip and Dip.
However, that didn’t affect Sunday’s participants, who reveled in the energetic atmosphere and ‘magnificent’ water temperatures.
Organizer Tania Taylor said it was great that the event was back for the first time since 2019.
Around 1,300 Australians stripped down in the world’s largest annual nude swim (pictured), which has returned after a three-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The hundreds of swimmers (including this man) plunged headlong into the water at Cobbler’s Beach for the Sydney Skinny in the north of the city on Sunday.
“We tried to (break the record), but it’s been three years and people are slowly getting back into events,” Taylor said.
“Everyone has had a wonderful time and I’m sure once they see what we’ve done today they’ll want to be at next year so next year will be bigger and better.”
The event was designed to take people out of their comfort zones and encourage them to embrace their bodies, Ms Taylor said.
This year’s swim was part of a collaboration with the charity Skin Check Champions to help raise awareness of the importance of skin cancer checks.
Among the nude bathers was Casey Burgess, a former member of the children’s musical group Hi-5.
Among the nude bathers was Casey Burgess (pictured), a former member of the children’s band Hi-5.
Organizer Tania Taylor said it was great that the event was back for the first time since 2019.
He swam on behalf of his family members who have battled skin cancer and melanoma.
“Skin cancer has rocked my world countless times…which is why I’m taking the plunge,” she said.
Ms Burgess praised the sense of community and togetherness at the event, saying she was still riding high on her swim Sunday morning.
“When you’re actually swimming with joy and you’re with a bunch of people, it feels different than swimming in a pool,” he said.
‘I didn’t think I’d be able to do it and then, there it was.
“We were all laughing, everyone spent the entire swim going, ‘How awesome is this?'”
Nude bathers in the Sydney Skinny could opt for a 1,000-foot harbor swim or a 3,000-foot plunge.
Every year around 2000 swimmers brave Hobart’s cold Derwent River during Dark Mofo’s Naked Solstice Swim.
In November, Sydneysiders also went nude and swam en masse at Bondi Beach as part of a large-scale work of art for renowned photographer Spencer Tunick.
The event was designed to take people out of their comfort zones and encourage them to embrace their bodies. In the photo, a participant
Nude swimmers (pictured) take part in the Sydney Skinny Ocean Swim at Cobbler’s Beach in Sydney on Sunday 12 March 2023