The Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier Swim is one of the most popular long distance swims in the United States. In 2021, 1141 swimmers completed this grueling two-mile course. Swimmers enter the water on the south side of the 10th Street Lifeguard Tower (South of the Hermosa Beach Pier). They swim round the Pier, parallel to shore then round the Manhattan Beach Pier and finish on the beach.

The swim will again be conducted in 3 heats. The first heat, male swimsuit, will start at 9:00 am at the Hermosa Beach Pier. The second heat, female swimsuit & wetsuit, will start at 9:05 am. The third heat, male wetsuit, will start at 9:10 am.

Finishers are expected to begin arriving at the Manhattan Beach Pier shortly after 9:30 a.m.