I just kinda learned how to really swim this year and I'm having a blast with it. Monday, I decided to try to ease myself into swimming in open water within the somewhat friendly and safe confines of Aquatic Park (San Francisco).
I was OK with the temp (about 50) after a few minutes but what really unnerved me was the total lack of visibility. I could see my hands but that was about it. It freaked me out a little so I just swam parallel to shore in about 6 feet of water.
Is this just something that I will get used to??? I hope so. I also felt a little disoriented/dizzy when I got out...
Any and all advice is greatly appreciated! ;)
when I was a kid, I lived in Guam, and I can say that to some point you should be happy you don't see everything under you. in some of our ocean swims I saw things that scared the crap out of me, made me swim faster just to get out of the water. Now that I am older I now know the things I saw were not really all that bad. The water we swam in was not much deeper than 15-20 ft and it was crystal clear.
nowadays, I am swimming in a lake, where I can not see my hands all the time, I get super freaked out.
I have an over active imagination so for me it's hard to relax in open water. but I manage to swim about 3000-5000 2-3 times a week in the summer months.
when I was a kid, I lived in Guam, and I can say that to some point you should be happy you don't see everything under you. in some of our ocean swims I saw things that scared the crap out of me, made me swim faster just to get out of the water. Now that I am older I now know the things I saw were not really all that bad. The water we swam in was not much deeper than 15-20 ft and it was crystal clear.
nowadays, I am swimming in a lake, where I can not see my hands all the time, I get super freaked out.
I have an over active imagination so for me it's hard to relax in open water. but I manage to swim about 3000-5000 2-3 times a week in the summer months.
