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4 unusual facts about Boxing Day Dip


Boxing Day Dip

Participants are expected to wear fancy dress and jump into the North Sea.

North Sea Volunteer Lifeguards (NSVL) has held a Boxing Day swim every year since the club's formation in 1998, jumping in the North Sea from their base at Whitley Bay on the north-east coast of England.

The Boxing Day Dip is a charity event where people in fancy dress swim in the sea on Boxing Day.

A swim or dip in the sea over the festive period (be it Christmas, Boxing Day, or New Year) is a traditional event for many lifeguard clubs across the UK.



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