The Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier Swim is a popular 2.2-mile ocean race from Hermosa Beach to Manhattan Beach. 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, and then round the Manhattan Beach Pier and finish on the beach. The swim will be conducted in 3 heats. The first heat, male swimsuit, will start at 9:00 am. The second heat, female swimsuit & wetsuit, will start at 9:05 am. The third heat, male wetsuit, will start at 9:10 am.