Category: Open Water
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Behold the 28th Annual Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival
Yup, 28 years straight, I guess, about 300 divers and snorkelers listened to music beneath the sea Saturday in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, while exploring a portion of continental United States’ only living contiguous coral barrier reef. See Lower Keys Chamber and (with really nice pictures) theVsky, via Today’s THV.
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Triathlete suffers 25 bites in rare otter attack
Read Nothing To Do With Arbroath An Anoka woman faced a bizarre situation when she went swimming in a Duluth lake this week and an otter attacked. Fangs pierced Leah Prudhomme’s legs as she swam across the deep, dark rum-coloured Island Lake in Minnesota. It could be anything, she thought – muskrats, beavers, maybe a…
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Top swimming safety mistakes and how to avoid them
Swimming, can turn from a safe activity to a life threatening situation in a matter of seconds. Often it’s because of something we are doing wrong in the water. 13 On Your Side took a look at the top mistakes swimmers make and how to avoid them. Read wzzm13.com.
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Steve Redmond first ever to complete the Oceans7
46-year-old Irish endurance swimmer Steve Redmond has become the first person ever to complete the Ocean 7 Challenge, when he late yesterday evening crossed the Tsugaru Strait in Japan in 14 hours and 24 minutes. Read for instance Irish Times and West Cork Times.
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CC photo #196: Viva Mare Nostrum
This is my youngest meeting the hot Mediterranean Ocean for the first time, back in 2010. We might go for another (cooler) dip in the North Atlantic Ocean this afternoon (or evening, doesn’t really matter when the sea is at a constant 8.0-8.5°C / 46.4-47.3°F, and sunset not until at about 22:56).
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Great white shark bites surfer in half
A man in his early 20s was surfing with a friend early this morning off the west coast of Australia when he was mauled by a great white shark, which bit him in half. A jet-skier who witnessed the scene described how there was only “half a torso†left of the victim, and that he…
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Late night drunken swim might bring Dane a hefty fine
A 21-year-old Danish guy will get a fine of up to maybe DKK 70,000 (US$ 11,500) for swimming across the fjord at Aalborg, Northern Jutland, yesterday evening. A witness had alerted the police, triggering a rescue search by boat and helicopter, that resulted in the boat picking the swimmer up near the city of Nørresundby,…
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Swimming with sunfish and sperm whale
Daniel Fox having fun with his GoPro camera during an Atlantic crossing in 2012. Atlantic Crossing 2012 from Daniel Fox on Vimeo.
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Teenager explains how he sacrificed his arm to get away from alligator
An alligator at least 10 feet long lunged at a teenager swimming in a river and bit off the teen’s right arm below the elbow, state wildlife officials said Tuesday. Here is Kaleb Langdale, 17, explaining how it went. Wow. Read more here on ABC News. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player