Santa Monica's 8th annual Polar Bear Plunge happens Jan 10, 2026 at Annenberg Beach House with ocean swimming, pool access, and hot chocolate for $4-10 admission.

The city of Santa Monica posted on its website on Tuesday, December 16 that the eighth annual Polar Bear Plunge will take ...

Playful polar bear twins Astra and Laerke brought a plastic pool into a larger pool at their enclosure in the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington, footage posted to Facebook on ...

For 45 years, Austinites have headed to Barton Springs Pool on the first day of the year for the Polar Bear Plunge. In collaboration with the Save Our Springs Alliance, the event raises money and ...

Lifeguards have been known to scold rascally swimmers for horseplay around the pool. But would they dare blow the whistle for polar bear play? No megaphone at any volume would have been able to stop ...

Most mornings, the Blue Boobies arrive in waves at the Albany Beach parking lot. Some days, they start as early as 6 a.m., appearing in the dark, attaching themselves to lit buoys and venturing out, ...

Still, as they will again on January 10, Santa Monicans flock to the shoreline every year "to dive into the new year with an invigorating ocean plunge," City official's announced Tuesday. The day ...