How Do You Swim In Open Water?
• Examine the waters around you, whether you are about to step into a lake, river, ocean, or sea you have to examine the water, take a couple breaths in and just get comfortable and natural with the environment around you. • Ocean open waters definitely means you’ll be dealing with rip tides, and under currents. Once you start the stroking (breast, or free), swim parallel to the waves, so the breathing can be easier after the stroke. • In case of lake and pond, any of the still-water type environment, then the breathing is really no different from your pool swim. • Decide on your plan of action once you are in the tide. Back to ocean open waters, once the tide starts pulling you and start swimming deeper inside then start crawling parallel to the shoreline, because that is the only way to escape the rip tide, remember that rip currents aren’t wide very wide but they can keep dragging you if you don’t swim parallel (more details in the tips section) • The only modification in terms of y
