Thousands of costumed participants braved frigid waters to kick off the new year and support local charities during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge on Wednesday. As the countdown reached zero,

Thousands of participants rang in the new year with a cold jump into the water at Coney Island for the 122nd annual Polar Bear Plunge on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025.

New Year's Day at Coney Island came with its traditional icy splash as an estimated 4,000 brave souls ventured into the frigid Atlantic. With temperatures of the ocean water hovering just under 40 degrees,

Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge took place on New Year's Day, a tradition dating back over a century. Thousands started off the new year by jumping into the Atlantic Ocean, as others were on hand to cheer the brave souls as they entered the freezing waters.

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

Thousands of New Yorkers braved the cold weather and water to plunge into the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday as part of the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge. Hosted by the Coney Island Polar Bear Club since 1903, dippers braced temperatures in the high 30s and low 40s F, with wind.

People of all ages came out to the South Walton Fire District's polar bear plunge. It costs $20 to register, and the funds raised benefit the South Walton Fire District's community education programs.

Undeterred by the 49 degree temps that felt like 38, bathers braved the waters of Hempstead Bay off Sea Cliff on New Year's Day.

Hundreds celebrated New Year’s Day with a Polar Bear plunge in San Pedro. The 73rd Annual Cabrillo Beach Polar Beach Plunge kicked off with the Polar Bear king and queen leading the crowd into the Pacific Ocean.

Hundreds of people took the saying plunge into the new year literally in Pensacola. This happened at the Polar Bear Plunge. Participants headed to Paradise Inn Bar and Grille on Pensacola Beach, some in costume,