First Mermaid to Swim 10K in the World BY ROKUR ON OCTOBER 2, 2019 OPEN WATER On October 6th Estonian professional swimmer Merle Liivand will be swimming the Los Angeles Olympic Test course with the Mermail Tail. This 10 km (6.2 miles) swim has never been done by Mermaid Tail and she hopes to be the first person in the Earth to do it! She fights for our Oceans while swimming through hard waves and calling up the world to pick up microplastic that floats around in our oceans!