In 2017 a group of five intrepid people decided to take a dip in the ocean on New Year's Day…

Since then, Polar Dip Santa Barbara has grown to include hundreds of people from all walks of life, all ages, visitors and locals who all exult in the experience of a brisk dip in the Pacific Ocean!

Polar Dip Founders

Hugh Margerum

is an abstract artist and promoter of creative community fun and has been involved in the food and wine scene in Santa Barbara for many years. His art website is hughmargerum.com

Julie DeAngelis

is a speech therapist at Rite Care Santa Barbara and a purveyor of parasols and lifestyle accoutrements at Parasols in Paradise.