Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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It was fine. The body gets used to it. Wetsuits are for wimps.
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Get Yourselves Into The Sea
- Thread starter Dick Knights Mumm
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It was fine. The body gets used to it. Wetsuits are for wimps.
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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Try over here
Current conditions - Clear
clear
Temperature: 24°C
Feels like: 25.0°C
Humidity: 61%
UV index: 4.0
Chance of rain: 0.0 mm
Sun rise: 6:30 AM
Sea: 23°C
Sun set: 5:02 PM
Wind: WNW 4.6 km/h
Pressure: 1018.2 hpa
Get in there
deletebeepbeepbeep
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- May 12, 2009
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Fair play, I'd like to give sea swimming a try but even the water in Prince Regent is too cold for me on occassion.
One question though, who looks after your keys clothes etc whilst you are out?
One question though, who looks after your keys clothes etc whilst you are out?
Cheeky Monkey
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If I'm not going in with anyone then no one. The only problem I've ever had was a few weeks ago when I was quite a way out and saw a council refuse collector about to pick up my stuff. Luckily he looked out to sea at the last minute and saw my desperate thumbs-up and left my stuff. My bank cards etc. I swim with, carrying them in a waterproof pouch on my arm.
Norman Potting
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Respect. I went swimming at Birling Gap on the Sunday in September that was the Indian Summer this year. It was the first time I had swum in UK offshore waters since before decimalisation I think, very pleasant it was too after the first 30 seconds.
Gilliver's Travels
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When I was living in Crete for three years, I used to swim virtually every day. After the end of November through to early April the sea became chilly, though not in anyway unbearable.
My first swim back over here - in April – wasn't too bad at all. As for the sea around the Marina, there is indeed a huge variation in the murkiness of the water – though entirely due to natural phenomena: tides, silt, sand etc, as others have said.
However, I have been totally amazed on the few occasions this summer when the water cleared to the extent that, looking down from the Marina, you could see right through to the seabed, through 15 feet of water. On occasions like that, swimming underwater, and being able without goggles to see what was going on was a totally unexpected pleasure.
And that convinced me that the sea around Brighton is almost certainly far cleaner nowadays than it has ever been.
My first swim back over here - in April – wasn't too bad at all. As for the sea around the Marina, there is indeed a huge variation in the murkiness of the water – though entirely due to natural phenomena: tides, silt, sand etc, as others have said.
However, I have been totally amazed on the few occasions this summer when the water cleared to the extent that, looking down from the Marina, you could see right through to the seabed, through 15 feet of water. On occasions like that, swimming underwater, and being able without goggles to see what was going on was a totally unexpected pleasure.
And that convinced me that the sea around Brighton is almost certainly far cleaner nowadays than it has ever been.
matthew
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There is nothing better than swimming in the sea when it's clean and you can actually see fish, i really hope Countries are going to make a big effort in the next few years to make the oceans cleaner
Cheeky Monkey
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I've swallowed so much of the English Channel in the last decade I'm surprised Southern Water haven't demanded to fit a water meter to my gob, and I've never had so much as a cold from it (typhus yes, but nothing more serious than that). Our sea is fine (another half mouthful swallowed today and I'm still alive).
Dick Knights Mumm
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First swim of the year yesterday. Warmer than anticipated - a result of the mild winter I assume.
Absolute pleasure.
Absolute pleasure.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
I went in Saturday, stayed in quite a while in the end, felt completely energised afterward.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Hove Beach is MCS Recommended with excellent water quality for the 3rd year running. It is also to European Bathing Water standards. Check out the Marine Conservation Society for more info.
Don't confuse our strong currents, waves etc. that disturb the sea bed with them not being clean.