Nori Calvert of Towson, left, and Tammy Long of Kent Island get ready to participate in a plunge during the 2025 Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park on Saturday.

Jan. 1 dawned a balmy 48 degrees. The Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year’s Day Plunge attracted thousands of New Yorkers ready to start the year with a shock to their systems.

The annual Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge drew thousands of people to the beach on New Year’s Day as participants took a freezing dip to ring in 2025 while raising record funds for local nonprofit ...

Here's a look at where you can plunge into the New Year in 2025. Polar Bear Plunge Noon to 3 p.m. Wednesday. Paradise Inn Bar & Grill, 21 Via De Luna Drive, Pensacola Beach.

For a certain set of New Yorkers, New Year’s Day involves wading into the icy Atlantic Ocean for an annual polar bear plunge. But for a small, dedicated group of local dippers, confronting the ...

In Asbury Park, the Sons of Ireland Polar Beach Plunge is back after moving several miles away to Long Branch starting in 2022. It is starting at 1:05 p.m. on New Year’s Day.

Thousands of brr-ave swimmers descended on Coney Island to ring in the new year Monday -- with an icy dip in the North Atlantic Ocean as a part of the 121st annual polar bear plunge.

Last year, the Polar Bear Club awarded donations totaling over $10,000. The New York Aquarium, one of the borough’s biggest tourist attractions, received $2,500.

Jan. 1: Bradford Beach Polar Bear Plunge A popular Milwaukee New Year's Day tradition, the Polar Bear Plunge at Bradford Beach, returns for another year on Monday, Jan. 1 at noon.

With temperatures in the 50s, New Yorkers in Coney Island kicked off 2023 with the 120th Annual Polar Bear plunge. “We were in the water for 15 minutes, and something about it, it’s so ...

The plunge is always free, but every year the Polar Bear Club raises money on New Year's Day (donations this year were at more than $82,000 at press time) for local organizations like the New York ...

The town of Huntington in Suffolk county held its second annual Polar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics New York. The plunge happened at Crab Meadow Beach Sunday morning.