Topic: Ocean Swimming Isn't Pool Swimming

I never thought I would miss the dotted line on the bottom of the pool. Without it I swim way off course. Getting better and on the day I will have a boat alongside. What's different is the buoyancy which has improved. But what isn’t so good is the density and the waves. The density is a minimal factor, but I can feel more resistance to forward progress from the denser salty water.

It’s the waves, and especially today the waves were high enough to produce white caps. Going with the waves is not so bad but swimming across them causes much rolling. Swimming into them is like swimming uphill. I have a month and four days to get used to the new environment. Would have to guess, but it seems that open water swimming is 20 percent more effort than pool swimming.

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