The white water swimming activity To be one with the river!

Activity description White water swimming enables the swimmer to swim down the river, using - and playing with - the current and counter currents. Equipped with a padded wet-suit, flippers and a floating board (often called "hydrospeed"), the swimmer follows the trajectory indicated by the guide. Perfect school of white water, white water swimming allows for a full feel for water movements. The possibility of playing in hydraulics (rolling water movements) and surfing on waves make it a very fun and accessible activity for beginners to do. In order to fully appreciate all the subtleties of white water swimming, it is strongly recommended to master leg movements of front crawl swimming.

Equipment * foam floating board, * adjustable flippers, * special cut, high buoyancy lifejacket, * helmet, * gloves (beginning and end of season), * 6 mm. neoprene wet suit with padding on the legs, * 6 mm. neoprene jacket, * neoprene booties.

white water equipment hydrospeed board

Our trips on the Middle-Verdon: Guided trip, only on days of water release. For more details, please see the details sheets by clicking on the chosen trip.

Period of validity * From April until October. * The flow of the Middle-Verdon is dam-controled. In the spring, (from April until June), the water releases occur on a regular basis, thanks to the thawing of the snow which feeds the Castillon Lake above the dam, upstream from Castellane. In the summer, (July and August), the water releases are only planned on specific days (usually on Tuesdays and Fridays). The Upper Verdon is then usually too low to be runable. In the autumn, (starting mid-September), the water releases are regular again and make the Middle-Verdon trips possible every day again.

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