Lewis Pugh
@lewispugh.bsky.social
Endurance Swimmer and UN Patron of the Oceans. Follow @lewispughfdn.bsky.social for more on our work.
Jaws has shaped our perception of sharks as vindictive killers. That fear spread across the globe and lasted for half a century.
Now it’s time to change the narrative for a new generation.
Sharks are not monsters. They’re magnificent. They’re essential. And they’re seriously endangered.
Now it’s time to change the narrative for a new generation.
Sharks are not monsters. They’re magnificent. They’re essential. And they’re seriously endangered.
May 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Jaws has shaped our perception of sharks as vindictive killers. That fear spread across the globe and lasted for half a century.
Now it’s time to change the narrative for a new generation.
Sharks are not monsters. They’re magnificent. They’re essential. And they’re seriously endangered.
Now it’s time to change the narrative for a new generation.
Sharks are not monsters. They’re magnificent. They’re essential. And they’re seriously endangered.
I’ve just completed #TheSharkSwim 🏊♂️🦈📣
12 days & 59 miles around Martha’s Vineyard, where Jaws was filmed 50 years ago.
It's been one of the toughest swims of my life. Cold water, relentless wind, big waves and the constant thought of what might be beneath me.
But I swam here for a reason 👇
12 days & 59 miles around Martha’s Vineyard, where Jaws was filmed 50 years ago.
It's been one of the toughest swims of my life. Cold water, relentless wind, big waves and the constant thought of what might be beneath me.
But I swam here for a reason 👇
May 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I’ve just completed #TheSharkSwim 🏊♂️🦈📣
12 days & 59 miles around Martha’s Vineyard, where Jaws was filmed 50 years ago.
It's been one of the toughest swims of my life. Cold water, relentless wind, big waves and the constant thought of what might be beneath me.
But I swam here for a reason 👇
12 days & 59 miles around Martha’s Vineyard, where Jaws was filmed 50 years ago.
It's been one of the toughest swims of my life. Cold water, relentless wind, big waves and the constant thought of what might be beneath me.
But I swam here for a reason 👇
Today I reached the Jaws Bridge — probably the most iconic landmark from the film 🦈🌉
50 years on, it’s striking how much has changed, how little has, and how much still needs to.
53 miles in the bag. 5 to go.
#TheSharkSwim
50 years on, it’s striking how much has changed, how little has, and how much still needs to.
53 miles in the bag. 5 to go.
#TheSharkSwim
May 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Today I reached the Jaws Bridge — probably the most iconic landmark from the film 🦈🌉
50 years on, it’s striking how much has changed, how little has, and how much still needs to.
53 miles in the bag. 5 to go.
#TheSharkSwim
50 years on, it’s striking how much has changed, how little has, and how much still needs to.
53 miles in the bag. 5 to go.
#TheSharkSwim
The finish line is in sight!
I’ll complete #TheSharkSwim tomorrow (May 26th), between 10:30–11:00, at the Edgartown Harbor Lighthouse.
If you’re nearby, I’d love to see you there!
Thank you for your support 🏊♂️🙏
I’ll complete #TheSharkSwim tomorrow (May 26th), between 10:30–11:00, at the Edgartown Harbor Lighthouse.
If you’re nearby, I’d love to see you there!
Thank you for your support 🏊♂️🙏
May 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The finish line is in sight!
I’ll complete #TheSharkSwim tomorrow (May 26th), between 10:30–11:00, at the Edgartown Harbor Lighthouse.
If you’re nearby, I’d love to see you there!
Thank you for your support 🏊♂️🙏
I’ll complete #TheSharkSwim tomorrow (May 26th), between 10:30–11:00, at the Edgartown Harbor Lighthouse.
If you’re nearby, I’d love to see you there!
Thank you for your support 🏊♂️🙏
Thank you to @thegef.bsky.social for supporting us on #TheSharkSwim. We’re so grateful for your commitment to protecting our oceans 🌊🦈🌍 #30x30
May 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Thank you to @thegef.bsky.social for supporting us on #TheSharkSwim. We’re so grateful for your commitment to protecting our oceans 🌊🦈🌍 #30x30
How do you make up for lost days in bad weather? You swim at nautical twilight.
The sea is pitch black. No horizon. No reference points.
It’s deeply unsettling in these waters - but the distance has to be covered 🏊♂️🌌
#TheSharkSwim
The sea is pitch black. No horizon. No reference points.
It’s deeply unsettling in these waters - but the distance has to be covered 🏊♂️🌌
#TheSharkSwim
May 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
How do you make up for lost days in bad weather? You swim at nautical twilight.
The sea is pitch black. No horizon. No reference points.
It’s deeply unsettling in these waters - but the distance has to be covered 🏊♂️🌌
#TheSharkSwim
The sea is pitch black. No horizon. No reference points.
It’s deeply unsettling in these waters - but the distance has to be covered 🏊♂️🌌
#TheSharkSwim
May 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
You can’t negotiate with nature.
On Day 8, I barely managed 2 km in brutal conditions. Yesterday, with the wind and tide finally on my side, I swam 13.2 km.
Exactly the breakthrough I needed - with just 3 days to go 🌊🏊♂️🦈 #TheSharkSwim
On Day 8, I barely managed 2 km in brutal conditions. Yesterday, with the wind and tide finally on my side, I swam 13.2 km.
Exactly the breakthrough I needed - with just 3 days to go 🌊🏊♂️🦈 #TheSharkSwim
May 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
You can’t negotiate with nature.
On Day 8, I barely managed 2 km in brutal conditions. Yesterday, with the wind and tide finally on my side, I swam 13.2 km.
Exactly the breakthrough I needed - with just 3 days to go 🌊🏊♂️🦈 #TheSharkSwim
On Day 8, I barely managed 2 km in brutal conditions. Yesterday, with the wind and tide finally on my side, I swam 13.2 km.
Exactly the breakthrough I needed - with just 3 days to go 🌊🏊♂️🦈 #TheSharkSwim
It’s not the cold that breaks you in a single swim. It’s the cold that returns. Again and again. Relentless 🏊♂️🥶🦈 #TheSharkSwim
May 23, 2025 at 6:59 AM
It’s not the cold that breaks you in a single swim. It’s the cold that returns. Again and again. Relentless 🏊♂️🥶🦈 #TheSharkSwim
Cold water. Strong winds. Big waves.
#TheSharkSwim isn’t about a single challenge – it’s the relentless grind of facing them all.
#TheSharkSwim isn’t about a single challenge – it’s the relentless grind of facing them all.
May 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Cold water. Strong winds. Big waves.
#TheSharkSwim isn’t about a single challenge – it’s the relentless grind of facing them all.
#TheSharkSwim isn’t about a single challenge – it’s the relentless grind of facing them all.
May 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Wondering what my swims look like and how the team around me keeps me safe? Here’s a 360° tour of yesterday’s swim 🏊♂️👇🎥
#TheSharkSwim
#TheSharkSwim
May 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Wondering what my swims look like and how the team around me keeps me safe? Here’s a 360° tour of yesterday’s swim 🏊♂️👇🎥
#TheSharkSwim
#TheSharkSwim
Our official #TheSharkSwim t-shirts and hoodies are now available! 🦈👕
All profits go to the Lewis Pugh Foundation, supporting our charity's work to protect sharks and the ocean we all depend on.
👉 www.lewispugh.com/lpf-shop/
All profits go to the Lewis Pugh Foundation, supporting our charity's work to protect sharks and the ocean we all depend on.
👉 www.lewispugh.com/lpf-shop/
May 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Our official #TheSharkSwim t-shirts and hoodies are now available! 🦈👕
All profits go to the Lewis Pugh Foundation, supporting our charity's work to protect sharks and the ocean we all depend on.
👉 www.lewispugh.com/lpf-shop/
All profits go to the Lewis Pugh Foundation, supporting our charity's work to protect sharks and the ocean we all depend on.
👉 www.lewispugh.com/lpf-shop/
Day 4 of #TheSharkSwim was a tough one.
From the first stroke, I was swimming straight into a strong headwind. In 2 hours, I barely covered 5 km.
Didn’t help that below me, it was hard to tell what was a rock, what was a shadow, and what might have been something else 🌊🏊♂️
From the first stroke, I was swimming straight into a strong headwind. In 2 hours, I barely covered 5 km.
Didn’t help that below me, it was hard to tell what was a rock, what was a shadow, and what might have been something else 🌊🏊♂️
May 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Day 4 of #TheSharkSwim was a tough one.
From the first stroke, I was swimming straight into a strong headwind. In 2 hours, I barely covered 5 km.
Didn’t help that below me, it was hard to tell what was a rock, what was a shadow, and what might have been something else 🌊🏊♂️
From the first stroke, I was swimming straight into a strong headwind. In 2 hours, I barely covered 5 km.
Didn’t help that below me, it was hard to tell what was a rock, what was a shadow, and what might have been something else 🌊🏊♂️
That’s why I’m swimming.
Not to fear them.
To fight for them.
Sharks aren’t villains.
They’re vital.
Not to fear them.
To fight for them.
Sharks aren’t villains.
They’re vital.
May 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
That’s why I’m swimming.
Not to fear them.
To fight for them.
Sharks aren’t villains.
They’re vital.
Not to fear them.
To fight for them.
Sharks aren’t villains.
They’re vital.
They’ve survived 5 mass extinctions.
Now we’re wiping them out.
As apex predators, they keep the ocean in balance. No sharks = no healthy ocean.
Now we’re wiping them out.
As apex predators, they keep the ocean in balance. No sharks = no healthy ocean.
May 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
They’ve survived 5 mass extinctions.
Now we’re wiping them out.
As apex predators, they keep the ocean in balance. No sharks = no healthy ocean.
Now we’re wiping them out.
As apex predators, they keep the ocean in balance. No sharks = no healthy ocean.
“Aren’t you scared of swimming with sharks?” 🦈🌊
People keep asking me that since I started #TheSharkSwim.
And yes – I am.
But you know what scares me more?
A world without sharks.
People keep asking me that since I started #TheSharkSwim.
And yes – I am.
But you know what scares me more?
A world without sharks.
May 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
“Aren’t you scared of swimming with sharks?” 🦈🌊
People keep asking me that since I started #TheSharkSwim.
And yes – I am.
But you know what scares me more?
A world without sharks.
People keep asking me that since I started #TheSharkSwim.
And yes – I am.
But you know what scares me more?
A world without sharks.
Yesterday, I rounded the southeastern tip of Martha’s Vineyard.
The waves were very choppy, and I ended up swallowing more seawater than I’d like.
The upside of strong currents, though, is they make for fast swimming! 🌊🏊♂️
#TheSharkSwim
The waves were very choppy, and I ended up swallowing more seawater than I’d like.
The upside of strong currents, though, is they make for fast swimming! 🌊🏊♂️
#TheSharkSwim
May 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Yesterday, I rounded the southeastern tip of Martha’s Vineyard.
The waves were very choppy, and I ended up swallowing more seawater than I’d like.
The upside of strong currents, though, is they make for fast swimming! 🌊🏊♂️
#TheSharkSwim
The waves were very choppy, and I ended up swallowing more seawater than I’d like.
The upside of strong currents, though, is they make for fast swimming! 🌊🏊♂️
#TheSharkSwim
May 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It’s time to rewrite that story.
Because the most frightening thing about sharks isn’t their presence, it’s what happens to our oceans without them 🌊🦈
#TheSharkSwim
lewispughfoundation.org/campaign/sha...
Because the most frightening thing about sharks isn’t their presence, it’s what happens to our oceans without them 🌊🦈
#TheSharkSwim
lewispughfoundation.org/campaign/sha...
May 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It’s time to rewrite that story.
Because the most frightening thing about sharks isn’t their presence, it’s what happens to our oceans without them 🌊🦈
#TheSharkSwim
lewispughfoundation.org/campaign/sha...
Because the most frightening thing about sharks isn’t their presence, it’s what happens to our oceans without them 🌊🦈
#TheSharkSwim
lewispughfoundation.org/campaign/sha...
🏊♂️ BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 🏊♂️
Today, I will begin a swim around the island where Jaws was filmed.
When it hit screens 50 years ago, the movie shaped how the world saw sharks.
Today, I will begin a swim around the island where Jaws was filmed.
When it hit screens 50 years ago, the movie shaped how the world saw sharks.
May 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🏊♂️ BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 🏊♂️
Today, I will begin a swim around the island where Jaws was filmed.
When it hit screens 50 years ago, the movie shaped how the world saw sharks.
Today, I will begin a swim around the island where Jaws was filmed.
When it hit screens 50 years ago, the movie shaped how the world saw sharks.
You can train your body for almost anything.
But fear? That’s a different kind of training.
Stay tuned 🌊🏊♂️
But fear? That’s a different kind of training.
Stay tuned 🌊🏊♂️
May 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
You can train your body for almost anything.
But fear? That’s a different kind of training.
Stay tuned 🌊🏊♂️
But fear? That’s a different kind of training.
Stay tuned 🌊🏊♂️
The ocean is in danger, and silence won’t save it.
That’s why I swim.
Grateful to be named one of the world's leading changemakers by National Geographic 🌍🌊🏊♂️ #NatGeo33
📸: Jonas Fredwall Karlsson
NatGeo.com/NG33
That’s why I swim.
Grateful to be named one of the world's leading changemakers by National Geographic 🌍🌊🏊♂️ #NatGeo33
📸: Jonas Fredwall Karlsson
NatGeo.com/NG33
May 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The ocean is in danger, and silence won’t save it.
That’s why I swim.
Grateful to be named one of the world's leading changemakers by National Geographic 🌍🌊🏊♂️ #NatGeo33
📸: Jonas Fredwall Karlsson
NatGeo.com/NG33
That’s why I swim.
Grateful to be named one of the world's leading changemakers by National Geographic 🌍🌊🏊♂️ #NatGeo33
📸: Jonas Fredwall Karlsson
NatGeo.com/NG33
A sand tiger shark, moving through a bait ball off North Carolina. Now this is a side of sharks you don't often see 🦈😍
📸: Tanya Houppermans
📸: Tanya Houppermans
May 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
A sand tiger shark, moving through a bait ball off North Carolina. Now this is a side of sharks you don't often see 🦈😍
📸: Tanya Houppermans
📸: Tanya Houppermans
A portrait of a Steller sea lion by Dmitry Kokh. Ocean encounters don't get much better 🦭💙
May 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A portrait of a Steller sea lion by Dmitry Kokh. Ocean encounters don't get much better 🦭💙