Following THE MACQUARIE BIG SWIM, a sprint race, the Dash for Cash, is held in front of the finishing area at Whale Beach. There are separate races for males and females. Only swimmers who complete The Big Swim will be eligible to start in the Dash for Cash. Entry to the Dash for Cash is free.

There is a cash prize of $200 for each winner and a $100 Lucky Draw prize goes to a randomly chosen entrant in each race.

This is a great encouragement to anyone to enter the Dash for Cash: in the surf, anyone can win. Anyone can come through on a wave and beat the fastest swimmers. And any entrant is eligible to win the $100 Lucky Draw.

The Dash for Cash runs about 200 metres from the beach, out through the surf, around a buoy and returning to the beach to a sprint up the beach to the finishing line.

All you have to do to enter is to listen for announcements on the beach after the completion of The Big Swim, list your name with the Dash for Cash organisers, then line up on the starting line.

Previously, there have been around 25 starters in each of the male and female Dashes for Cash.