The pandemic nixed the swim in 2021 while a New Year’s Eve sewage spill canceled the 2022 iteration.
One of San Pedro’s oldest and most popular — not to mention coldest — traditions is set to return next week, with swimmers braving the chilly waters of Cabrillo Beach on New Year’s Day.
The annual Polar Bear swim, which dates back seven decades, will take place on Sunday, Jan. 1, after being canceled the previous two years, first because of the coronavirus pandemic and then because of a sewage spill. This file photo shows a girl splashing around during the 2020 polar swim. The annual Polar Bear swim, which dates back seven decades, will take place on Sunday, Jan. 1, after being canceled the previous two years, first because of the coronavirus pandemic and then because of a sewage spill. In this 2022 file photo, visitors brave the waves despite the swim being canceled because of a sewage spill in the Dominguez Channel. The annual dips in San Pedro started informally sometime in the 1940s.
The Cabrillo Beach Polar Bears are an athletic club to health, fitness and community service, according to its website — and, of course, swimming.
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