What are the seeding swims, and are there minimum ages for the longer distances?

The Midmar Mile runs seeding swims before race weekend, in partnership with Swimming South Africa. The 2026/27 seeding events are Munyaka (18 October 2026), Prime View 1 (7-8 November), Baynesfield 1 (14-15 November), Prime View 2 (5-6 December), Baynesfield 2 (19-20 December), Baynesfield 3 (16-17 January 2027) and the Prime View Festival (23-24 January 2027).

Minimum ages at seeding swims (Swimming South Africa, for safety):

The Race Director may, at their discretion, allow a capable younger swimmer to enter these distances; requests go to seeding@midmarmile.com.

The 10 km, 5 km and 3 km seeding swims also have cut-off times for safety; the Water Safety Officer and Race Director decide whether a swimmer is taken out. Swimmers in those distances are lent a numbered cap that must be worn for the whole swim; in shorter seeding events you bring your own cap, as bright as possible.

On race weekend itself, every event is a full mile (about 1.6 km); there are no other distances.