Name: Snapping Tortura Open Water Swim - October 2026
Start: 2026-10-10
End: 2026-10-10
Location: Willis

About the Event

The Snapping Tortuga presents the Snapping Tortuga Open Water Swim. Distances; 1250m, 2.5k, 3.8k and 5k. The Snapping Tortuga is the oldest continuosly held Open Water Swim in Montgomery County, Texas. It is held on beautiful Lake Conroe and is a 1250m triangular course in a protected cove. Safety is out primary concern with this event and we go to great lengths to ensure that there are a large number of safety assets on the water to keep the athletes and volunteers safe. The Snapping Tortuga is held twice a year in April and October and attracts some of the top open water swimmers in the area to a fun and exciting event.

In an effort to reduce the entry fee of the Snapping Tortuga, we will no longer provide an event t-shirt. Event t-shirts will be available for purchase. Please indicate during sign up if you are interested in purchasing a t-shirt. If you don't indicate your interest in a shirt during sign up, a limited number of t-shirts will be available for purchase on race morning.

The 1250m, 2.5k, 3.8k & 5k will start at 9:00am (*NOTE* in the event there is a large field, we reserve the right to send the 1250m and 2.5k off 15min after the 3.8k and 5k start).

All fees are non-refundable. Due to the nature and complexity of this event, there will be no refunds, discounts on future races or transfers including, if the event were to be cancelled.

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for October in Willis.

thermostat Temperature

18.1° / 28.4°

wb_sunny Feels like

18.5° / 28.4°

light_mode Avg sunshine hours

9h 59m

water_drop Avg rainfall

2.5 mm

ac_unit Avg snowfall

—

air Avg wind speed

9.8 km/h (Light breeze)

opacity Sweat loss rate

High

terrain Course conditions

Hard and dry surface

sunny Max UV Index

Moderate (4.0)

humidity_mid Humidity

71.7%

wb_twilight Sunrise

07:25

nightlight Sunset

18:50

About Willis

Learn more about the host city, Willis.

Willis is a city in Montgomery County, Texas, United States, located eight miles north of Conroe in north central Montgomery County. The city began to develop in 1870 after what is now the Union Pacific Railroad built track through the area. As a part of the Piney Woods, the Willis economy has historically been driven by lumber, agriculture, and the manufacture of lumber and agriculture equipment. From the late nineteenth to early twentieth century, it produced tobacco as a commodity crop. Competition from Cuba reduced its contribution to the economy.