SF Tsunami Swim #GivingTuesday 2020

SF Tsunami Swim - A 35-year legacy of LGBT athletics & community

San Francisco Tsunami Aquatics is a gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and straight-friendly masters-level club with both swim and synchronized swimming teams. From our groundbreaking debut in 1986, Tsunami has grown to be a club with 15 coaches and more than 100 members from the broader Bay Area community. We are proud to say that many of the team’s founding members are still swimming today!

The team caters to swimmers of all levels, from highly competitive athletes to those seeking a social-oriented fitness swimming experience, and we welcome brand-new beginners! Through stroke clinics and individualized attention from our coaches, each swimmer can achieve his/her personal objectives with SF Tsunami.

SF Tsunami Swim During Covid

The pandemic has upended SF Tsunami Swim’s financial model, making it much more costly to keep our swimmers in the water.  

Before the pandemic, SF Tsunami covered running expenses for pool time, coaching, and administration with membership dues.  In addition, we offered dues support to team members who were unable to afford regular dues.  

The pandemic has significantly increased the costs of pool and coaching time as social distancing requires fewer swimmers in the water at a given time.  These higher costs make it a challenge to sustain a robust practice schedule at a price point our team members can absorb.  

The pandemic is likely to persist for some time to come, so we will need to rely on the generosity of our community - that’s you!

How You Can Help

You can help us keep our swimmers in the water, and our community intact, by participating in our #GivingTuesday campaign.  Your generous support will help both to underwrite the cost of pool and coaching time for all our swimmers, and to offer additional financial support to our members in financial need.

Please  give to SF Tsunami Swim on #GivingTuesday!   We appreciate your support!