Get Yourselves Into The Sea

[spig100963]

Just been for the first swim of the year - a bit late I know - but it was magnificent. The sea was calm and blue, and after the initial cold was actually a comfortable temperature.

Give yourself a treat - get yourselves down there. And if you have a young family - there is no excuse - it is the best, free activity around.

Thanks for that, am on nights, needed a push. Set the alarm early and went and threw myself in the sea.
Its like Radox for the head.

 

[Drumstick]

The sea is far too cold to swim in in this country. I love snorkelling but wouldn't dream of it in the UK.

Don't often go but went in May and honestly after the ball busting first 1min it's really nice on a good day. I wouldn't dream of doing it on a day when it isnt roasting so I dry fast after.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Thanks for that, am on nights, needed a push. Set the alarm early and went and threw myself in the sea.
Its like Radox for the head.

On nights tonight and will be cycling straight to the sea when I finish early tomorrow morning. Fantastic

 

[Willy Dangle]

Off to play a round of Golf at 5. Must be mentallllllllllllllllllllll

 

[middletoenail]

I'm a tart, the thought of going anywhere near the water on Brighton beach after seeing the after affects of Big Beach Boutique has scarred me for life!

I need to man up I think

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Cycling down to Shoreham early evening tomorrow - nice long paddle in the sea, chips on the beach, few pints in Shoreham after, then cycle home.

It is not a bad old life.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Thanks for that, am on nights, needed a push. Set the alarm early and went and threw myself in the sea.
Its like Radox for the head.

One thing you never regret is going for a swim in the sea. Radox is a goos description. It is life-affirming.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Just got back from an evening dip, amazing tonight, water ever so clear, lots of families out, we were opposite the Lagoon so lots of boards & kayaks out, great atmosphere, please weather let's have plenty more!!!

 

[Sompting_Seagull]

BBQ and swim down beach this evening...it was Lovely.

 

[leigull]

Spent all day on the beach laying in the sun getting pretty hot. Not once was I tempted to go in the sea though. Happy to do it in nice places abroad, but have always resisted the English Channel

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Happy to do it in nice places abroad, but have always resisted the English Channel

I just cannot comprehend this mentality at all. What do you think will happen?

 

[leigull]

I go in the nice crystal clear waters abroad, here it looks murky and has a film of some grease like substance on it. Yuck

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I go in the nice crystal clear waters abroad, here it looks murky and has a film of some grease like substance on it. Yuck

Your loss old fruit. Thanks for your contribution.

 

[happypig]

I go in the nice crystal clear waters abroad, here it looks murky and has a film of some grease like substance on it. Yuck

The murkiness is due to the amount of silt/sand in the water and is mainly due to the flow of the tides and rivers washing mud into the sea after rain, it's no more/less polluted than the crystal clear water of the med or red sea.

 

[spig100963]

I go in the nice crystal clear waters abroad, here it looks murky and has a film of some grease like substance on it. Yuck

How clean is the sea?
The short answer is that the sea is clean enough most of the time, but not as clean as it ought to be. Brighton and Hove beaches have never come up to the standard required to qualify for a Blue Flag, but this is partly due to the quality of amenities on the sea front generally, as becomes clear when Brighton is compared with a Blue Flag resort .

Sewage from Brighton and Hove is discharged a mile offshore from the Portobello outfall at Telscombe. Dilution and the effect of sunlight should destroy harmful bacteria and prevent pollution of the sea at Brighton. To satisfy EU Directives, Southern Water is currently trying to find a site for a treatment works but this has proved problematic.

Since the late 1990s, polluted storm water overflows have been diverted to a £50 million storm relief tunnel constructed in the 1990s, running from Hove Street to Black Rock; it is stored and pumped to Portobello outfall. This is meant to be able to cope with up to a 50 year storm but in practice is has failed to cope a couple of times since it came into use; this happened after exceptionally heavy summer storms, but the problem was obvious, and it is probably true to say that the sea off Brighton is cleaner than it has been for at least the past two centuries. None of the regular bathers has caught any infection due to the sea since the collector tunnel came into use.

Quote from Brighton swimming club. That go in every day humanly possible.
Get in there.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Thanks for that spig100963.

I just have a look at the water when I go down there. Mostly it is ok and just have a normal splash. with no issues about head under the water, on rare occasions I go in and choose to keep my head above the water, and very, very rarely I think - Nah.

But this week it has been tremendous. Roll on this evening.

 

[spig100963]

A question to all you sea swimmers. On entering the sea do you, walk straight in dive in and get on with it, or do you stand there touching the water for 5 mins splashing your self before gently lowering yourself in?

Personally if I did the latter, on a cold day I would bottle it. I have to know from the moment I leave my house I am going in.
I undress about a foot from the water three steeps and splash. Minute to sort the breathing out. Remove balls from throat. Then start swimming.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Last one of the year today. If you see a twat wading into the sea off Hove lawns circa midday today that'll be me. My knackers can't take the cold any more - it's like coming out after a swim with a pair of frozen peas between your legs....and as for little willy...well he's not really there at all!

 

[Deleted member 18477]

Last one of the year today. If you see a twat wading into the sea off Hove lawns circa midday today that'll be me. My knackers can't take the cold any more - it's like coming out after a swim with a pair of frozen peas between your legs....and as for little willy...well he's not really there at all!

i hope you're wearing a wetsuit! otherwise thats just not a very sensible idea is it...

 

[maltaseagull]

Last one of the year today. If you see a twat wading into the sea off Hove lawns circa midday today that'll be me. My knackers can't take the cold any more - it's like coming out after a swim with a pair of frozen peas between your legs....and as for little willy...well he's not really there at all!

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