Noam Yaron approached a swim record but won hearts for his efforts for Nature.

His name is already known for the record-breaking feats he has been carrying out for some years. His adventurous spirit and ad hoc physical preparation, under the control of a technical team, pushed him to put them at the service of a noble cause. Noam Yaron, 28-year-old record swimmer, tried the Calvi-Monaco swimming crossing again. This is an extraordinary 180-km challenge, tested for the first time in 2023 by Rémi Camus, most popular record adventurer who catalysed the public opinion to fight against plastic pollution in the Mediterranean.

This year, the Swiss athlete left on Monday the 11th August 2025 from the extreme northern tip of Corsica towards the wild blue, going through the Pelagos Sanctuary, a Specially Protected Area of Mediterranean Importance devoted to cetaceans which are concentrated in this stretch of sea particularly exposed to winds and currents, but particularly rich in marine nutrients.

In a nutshell, Five days and five nights of continuous swimming, supported by a technical team on board a catamaran equipped with adequate instruments to support him physically and psychologically. Already accustomed to endurance feats, Noam faced this undertaking with great professionalism in order to best train body, mind and spirit for this challenge. Not by chance, his great determination has already taken him high. In fact, he became national swimming champion at the age of 18 after starting from scratch. Since then, it has been a crescendo of objectives successfully achieved: the 80-kilometre Geneva Lake crossing (2021), a swimming tour of the largest Swiss lakes (2022) and his attendance to major triathlon competitions (2023).

Under the motto of "La Nage pour la Nature" (A swim for Nature), his mission is now to raise public awareness of the need for action to protect natural ecosystems, with special regard to the Mediterranean Sea, one of the most polluted seas in the world. A target that he intends to pursue with the active participation of his Social network followers.

Photo >> Official poster announcing Noam Yaron's Calvi-Monaco crossing © Noam Yaron Production 2025

After dealing with some drawbacks, like the effects of sea salt and sunlight on the skin, the loss of physical energy to face tough waves and to the mental clarity put to the test by uninterrupted swimming, had to abandon the challenge on the 15th August, on the advice of his medical staff, just 4 km from the finish line, at the Le Méridien Beach Plaza in Monaco, after spending over 100 hours at sea, under the careful supervision of around forty people who took care of him. But his commitment to raise 100 thousand euros for educational campaigns, biodiversity monitoring and concrete actions against plastic pollution, is not lost.

His pioneering fundraising online platform, designed by Ufoundation, a non-profit fintech company, is being allowing virtual visitors to co-own a portion of the entire swimming route traveled between Calvi and Monaco through donations. The growing number of followers, up to 467K on Instagram, and more 17K on LinkedIn, together with the many sponsors, including the Rotary Club de Monaco, the Club Suisse de Monaco, Le Méridien Beach Plaza and further major international brands, bode well in reaching his achievement.

Photo >> Official banner announcing Noam Yaron's Calvi-Monaco crossing © Noam Yaron Production 2025

Noam is particularly attached to the Mediterranea Basin linked to the greatest Swiss lakes through rivers that helps to pour dangerous pollutants into the sea. Despite the Pelagos Sanctuary covers more than 87,500 km2 counting French, Italian, and Monegasque waters, effective Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) represents only 0.04% of the global surface of the oceans, exposing them to serious risks, notably: bottom trawling, maritime traffic, micro and macro-plastic pollution, sea water warming, just to mention a few.

The Swiss endurance swimmer joins the international goal to protect 30% of the seas by 2030, as reaffirmed by Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. This unique crossing challenge, set to goal to raise voice on the occasion of the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, which has not yet reached an agreement, despite the the commitments of governmental and non-governmental associations gathered in Geneva from the 5th to the 14th August 2025.

As announced by Noam Yaron during his visit to the UN Ocean Conference - UNOC3 - held in Nice from the 9th until the 13th June 2025, his engagement is even focused on Monaco and French territory. His project is also meant to encourage France to stop any industrial activity in all Marine Protected Areas present on its territory. Concerning the Pelagos Sanctuary, his meaningful sporting deed is intended to boost stricter rules against any action that could damage the marine environment, including the reduction of boat speed to 10 knots to prevent collisions with marine mammals, one of the main causes of death, besides overfishing and ocean litter. ***

👉 Become a co-owner of the world record for the longest Swim for Nature: https://www.calvi-monaco.com/en 

✒️ Maurice Abbati

• Strategic Communication Specialist, Editor in Chief, Journalist, Executive.

• Lecturer and Author in English in the field of Environmental Communication to foster Circular and Blue Economy.