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When volunteers settled on a reservoir more than 30ft deep as the venue for their outdoor swimming sessions they thought the only issue they'd need to contend with was the chilly water.
But the Parkswim group's open water sessions have been scuppered due to 'unprecedented' low water levels.
The volunteers behind the group in Daventry, Northamptonshire, said the hot, dry spring and summer had left water levels in the 28-hectare reservoir at an 'all-time low'.
Their usual entry point from the bank into the lake has receded so far back that swimmers would end up stuck in a 'black bog' trying to reach the water at Daventry Country Park, one of the group's five directors said.
Jenna Curtis added that the group had also twice moved their access point into the water and even relied on a volunteer with a paddleboard to ferry swimmers to the start of the 500m course, but have now had to admit defeat.
'It just means we cannot get our swimmers in and out safely, which is, of course, our top priority', she told the BBC.
Viv Wardle, 62, a health and safety officer who is another of the volunteer directors said she had lived in or around the town for 26 years and never seen the water so low.
'It's really unusual and a great shame for us all', she said.
'If we are to hold any more events this year before the season finishes in October then we are going to need significant amounts of rainfall – I'm talking in the region of ten days' worth.
'I can't see it happening.'
She added: 'It's very boggy around the edge and there are a lot of reeds too, but it's lovely and clear once you're out on the open water. It's such a shame.'
The Parkswim volunteers launched the event around five years ago at Daventry Country Park and between 30 and 60 swimmers now turn up each Sunday morning to take part.
Each pays £5 for an hour in the water, with the money going towards the cost of equipment such as kayaks, insurance and the volunteer lifeguards' training fees.
Ms Wardle added: 'The group worked with the country park to set the sessions up as a way of making open water swimming more affordable. We're cheaper than many other venues'.
Daventry reservoir is usually ten metres deep (32ft) when at full capacity - more than twice the height of two double decker buses stacked one on top of the other.
Last month it was announced Northamptonshire had entered a status of prolonged dry weather - the category below drought after a spell of hot, dry weather.
This is the first time Parkswim have had to cancel a session because of a lack of water.
The nearby Bare Hill Lakes venue at Badby, Northamptonshire, has now stepped into the breach to offer swimmers an alternative place to swim by launching a Sunday morning session until water levels improve in Daventry.
Daventry Country Park formed around the Daventry Reservoir which opened in 1804 as extra capacity to provide water to the Grand Junction Canal, which runs between Braunston in Northamptonshire and Brentford, West London.
According to the Met Office, Northamptonshire’s driest summer since records began in 1836 was in 1995 when 34.6mm rainfall were recorded over June, July and August.
Northamptonshire’s driest year on record was 1921 when 386.7mm rainfall were recorded.
From August 1-7 this year, just 3.1 mm of rainfall has been recorded in Northamptonshire - five per cent of the August average.
Since June 1, 74 mm of rainfall has been recorded in Northamptonshire (42 per cent of the summer average).
West Northamptonshire Council, which manages Daventry Country Park, and the Canal and River Trust, which is responsible for the management and maintenance of the reservoir, were contacted for comment.