Registering for the Swim

Solo registrations will open from 8:30am Monday, 21 October 2024 until 10:00am Monday, 28 October 2024 (AWST) or until sold-out.

The RCSA endeavours, as per previous years, to offer priority entry to all soloists who register as a solo swimmer and make payment during the registration week. The capacity of solo registrations for the 2025 Event will only be confirmed closer to the registration period.

Lavan Charity Challenge registrations will open from 8:30am Monday, 21 October 2024 – 10:00am Monday, 28 October 2024 (AWST) or until sold-out.

Duo registrations will open from 8:30am (you will need to join the queue from 8:00am) Tuesday, 29 October 2024 (AWST) until sold-out.

Team registrations will open from 8:30am (you will need to join the queue from 8:00am) Wednesday, 30 October 2024 (AWST) until sold-out.

For the 2024 Event, we’ll, again, be using the Queue-it; a virtual waiting room that provides fairer and controlled access to registrations by creating a digital queue. Learn more about Queue-it, and ensure you’re prepared for registrations by reading our FAQs. 

Registration links will be released on the South32 Rottnest Channel Swim website homepage and social media from 8:00am to allow you to queue in the digital waiting room before registrations open at 8:30am. For the best chance of securing an entry to the 2024 Event, you should enter the queue between 8.00am and 8.29am on either Tuesday, 29 October 2024 for Duos and Wednesday, 30 October 2024 for Teams. This will allow you to be allocated a number in the first round of queuing. For more information on the Queue-it system, head HERE.

If you register in a duo or team, you’ll need to confirm your commitment to enter by making full payment of the entry fee when you register. Your entry will be confirmed after your successful payment.

Captains of duos and teams who successfully register will receive a notification via email and can then invite team members to join by forwarding the email to their Team members. Teammates will be able to join a team between 10:00am Thursday, 31 October 2024 and 12:00pm Monday, 4 November 2024. Teams who do not have all team members entered by this cut-off date, 12:00pm Monday, 4 November 2024, risk losing their entry.

Alternatively, they can use the link below. Please note this link will only work for those wanting to join an already-created team. Team registrations are not yet open for the general public.

Payment must be made when you register. Entry fees and additional t-shirts can be paid for with either VISA or Mastercard via the online registration system. Please note that you will need to have an up-to-date website browser to facilitate the security requirements of the payment portal. Failure to have an up-to-date browser may result in you being unable to complete your registration.

Don’t try to submit more than one entry – swimmers who submit more than one entry will be penalised and all team members will be banned from entering the South32 Rottnest Channel Swim for two years; the current Event and the next Event. Swimmers are also not permitted to enter in more than one category.

Under the Event Rules, if you intend to do the swim as a soloist you must’ve either:

• Completed a Rottnest Channel Swim solo crossing within the previous two years (2023 or 2024), or
• Completed a 10km qualifying swim between Wednesday, 1 May 2024 and Sunday, 26 January 2025  in 4 hours and 15 minutes or less. Solo swimmers who don’t complete the 10km in the time required won’t qualify and won’t be permitted to start.

You can learn more about qualifying opportunities, by visiting our Qualifying Swims page.

If you’re a solo swimmer and you successfully complete the crossing, you’ll receive an individually embroidered official South32 Rottnest Channel Swim Shirt as part of your Solo Finishers Prize Pack. When you register, you’ll need to choose your t-shirt size as per the size guide – keep in mind there are no exchanges for t-shirts.

Please remember, this shirt WILL NOT be in the race pack you collect at the Event Briefing.

Solo swimmers who withdraw from the Event or are unsuccessful in the crossing will not be entitled to receive the prize pack nor the individually embroidered t-shirt. This is as per the Event Terms and Conditions.