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I swim at Highgate Pond which has no such rule and seems to manage. I don't recall any personal crashes there while I can think of a couple of others elsewhere (winter solstice in the dark at Parliament Hill Lido was too chaotic for example).
Call it Open Water Swimming if it needs a label other than plain Swimming, I'm just not convinced it sounds very wild.
jellybaby
If you've ever clashed heads with an oncoming swimmer you'll understand why they're asking folks do this.