Category: Open Water
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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
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CC photo #190: Our two boys trying out Toftavatn
Jákup and Bjarki testing the waters at Toftavatn in the Faroe Islands today, wife and younger daughter watching in the background. A bit challenging, yes, water maybe 10 degrees Celcius (50 degrees Fahrenheit), but we ended up swimming in it, all three of us.
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5-year-old swimming with sharks sparks YouTube outrage
A Connecticut couple David and Elana Barnes have been widely criticized after they posted online a video of their 5-year-old daughter, Anaia, swimming with sharks in the Bahamas. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Read more here on Digital Journal
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Electrocution kills 3 children swimming in 2 separate incidents
On the Fourth of July, Alexandra Anderson, 13, and brother Brayden, 8, were killed while swimming near a private dock in the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri around noon Wednesday. Two hours later, at Cherokee Lake outside Knoxville, Tenn., a 10-year-old was killed and another boy was seriously injured in an eerily similar incident.…
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Wow, Jessica Biel is a professional deep sea diver now
The 30-year-old actress Jessica Biel has spent a week time in Puerto Rico, where her fiance Justin Timberlake has been filming his new movie “Runner, Runner”, to take advanced PADI diving courses. If I understand it correctly, meaning she can dive down to 30 meters now. My guess is that her speciality is hot water…