Cold sea swim 🥶

[AgileGreenSeal]

Psyching myself up for tonight’s 6pm sea swim… it’s almost dark 😬

Did you do it and do you do it regularly? Also why?

Did it!
It was wonderful!

I do it because I love it once I’m in, it’s just sometimes the thought of it is a little off-putting.

I swim in the sea as often as I possibly can just for the sheer enjoyment- it’s therapy.

Tonight it was blowing a gale, very choppy and the tide was going out so we (I never swim alone, there’s a WhatsApp group of us) stayed nearer to the shore than we usually would and even so the current started to take us towards the rocks.

The only thing I didn’t like tonight was wading through the seaweed ‘soup’ to get to clear swimming water and the failing light.

back in at 9 tomorrow morning 🌊

Are you in the uk? What part?

Oh my goodness. Are you alone? Or do you go with a club? Is it safe in choppy seas in the dark? Do you wear a light and a float?

I'm a very timid swimmer - apologies for all the questions!

Lovely! I’m not near the sea but I have a lake locally to me where they do regular almost daily organised swims but I haven’t been for a few weeks as I had Covid and felt so poorly and then was on holiday. In that time the lake has dropped another 2 degrees and is now sitting at about 12/13 degrees and I’ve got a night swim booked for Friday that I’m half looking forward to as I’ve missed it but half dreading 😂 it will be a stark contrast to all my lovely Mediterranean Sea swimming last week 😭

I'm a timid swimmer too and really don't like it when I can't see the bottom. The thought of wading through seaweed soup makes me shudder. I do love walking on wild, windswept beaches in the winter though especially if there's a trip to the pub at the end!

Not my cup of tea but good luck and thanks for the glorious gif 😁

We live on the beach and I sea swim in summer/into Sept and Oct but have never found the strength to do it year round 😖 I actually find March/April the water can be the most cold!!!

There are plenty of daily swimmers here, even on Xmas day and stormy days.

Well done OP!

Northern Ireland 🌊

How was your night swim?
I’m just heading to the beach now for a lovely sunny one 🌊☀️

I don’t swim alone and yes there is a WhatsApp group so we ping out a messsge when we fancy a swim and see if anyone else is about. I need to get a float, although it’s more useful in the summer to warn jet skiers not to run over us- but we are in a group and I do wear a bright orange woolly hat over my swimming cap 🤣

just heading to the beach now for the regular Saturday 10am swim 🌊🌊🌊

It was 12 in the Irish Sea this morning where we were swimming, but not too windy and not choppy.
We saw a seal! 🦭- it came to have a look at these strange creatures in its environment, popped its head out 😄

Good old Jon Snow (I always say it in a Northern accent in my head) 🤣

It was 12 degrees today and I’m reliably informed the really cold single figure temperatures are around March or so.
Last March I wasn’t living at a beach and wasn’t doing this sea swimming lark 🤣
I’m going to keep going in as long as I can - I’ve got neoprene gloves and bootees for when it really gets cold.

I'd LOVE that, but not near the sea.
I just dumped 10 litres of ice into my cold plunge that is currently 3.1 degrees though....

I hear its really good for your heart, but I just can't bring myself to try it.

I went last night @AgileGreenSeal and it was 11.5, was absolutely lovely and after the first minute my whole body went numb so couldn’t feel the cold at all! Really glad I went as I wasn’t feeling it beforehand.
id love to be nearer the sea but think I’d be nervy as I’m not a very strong swimmer!

I’m not a very strong swimmer either, just breast stroke about and float on my back when I’m tired. Tbh we don’t properly swim hard, just tread water, swim a bit and chat a lot 😄

Good for you pushing through and going in- it always feels great once you do.
keep at it 👍

Wow! 🥶

Just had my first November swim, this afternoon.
was soooo calm today, virtually no waves and absolutely no wind.
and as a bonus I saw a seal! 🦭

back in tomorrow at 10 am

What do you wear going in op?

I like a leg suit.
I wear this one from halocline
very comfortable

Plus I wear a bright orange beanie I found at tkmaxx and if it’s windy I wear a zone3 orange neoprene swim hat under the beanie to keep my ears cosy.

I’ve got neoprene gloves & bootees and tried the gloves but I didn’t like the feel of them filling with water, so haven’t worn them again. Probably will when it gets colder. Haven’t worn the bootees yet, cos I like to feel the sand with my feet but might wear them when it gets cold.

I still haven’t got a float (my bad) might put it on a want list for Christmas. Would like a waterproof thermometer and timer too.