Polar Bear Plunge 2024 Rehoboth Beach. Wawa is sponsoring the plunge on behalf of special olympics. The members of the lewes polar bears club, headed by dave ‘da bear’ frederick, have taken the plunge since 1982.

The polar bear plunge itself takes place at 1 pm sunday, february 4, but there are a lot more activities throughout the weekend, including a 5k, restaurant chili contest, sand. The sun was out but the air and water temperature were only 41 degrees when a record 4,380 people ran into the atlantic ocean at rehoboth beach sunday.