Beach To Beach Practice Swim

PRESS RELEASE | St. John, US Virgin Islands, April 30, 2025 – Friends of Virgin Islands National Park will be holding the Practice Swim for Joe Kessler’s Beach To Beach Power Swim on Sunday, May 4, 2025.  The Practice Swim will start at 8:00am on Maho Bay beach with participants swimming to Cinnamon Bay beach.  Registration for the practice swim is from 7:15am to 7:45am on Maho Bay beach near the dinghy channel. Parking at Maho is limited so participants are encouraged to car pool or use safari buses.

Participants in the Practice Swim do not need to be registered to swim in the 22nd Joe Kessler’s Beach To Beach Power Swim which takes place on Sunday, May 25, 2025. 

Every Memorial Day weekend, hundreds of swimmers take to the azure waters of Virgin Islands National Park on St. John to raise funds for kids’ swim programs, marine conservation, education outreach and more! Participants choose their distance starting at Maho Bay beach and swimming to Cinnamon Bay, Trunk Bay, or, the full 3.5 miles, to Hawksnest Bay.

Registration for the Power Swim has reached capacity so all new registrants will go onto a waiting list. Registration will close on Wednesday, May 21. Registration for the 2025 event can be found on the Friends of Virgin Islands National Park’s website at www.friendsvinp.org.