| There are some occasions where it will be necessary | | | | during the summer months will come in very handy |
| for people to swim in the ocean. Some people will feel | | | | and could prove to be a vital point in survival if the |
| quite comfortable venturing out into the ocean as long | | | | swimmer is stranded in the open ocean. When |
| as land is in sight. This type of swimming in the ocean | | | | swimming in the open ocean, a swimmer must be |
| will usually occur in a beach setting and there may be | | | | keenly aware that they are not the only life forms that |
| many people around that can be contacted if the | | | | swim in those waters. |
| swimmer requires help reaching the shoreline. | | | | While swimming in open ocean environments, a |
| When people plan to go snorkeling however, it might | | | | swimmer must remember not to drink the salt water. |
| be necessary for them to abandon all land connections | | | | While the water might quench the thirst for a little while, |
| and board a charter boat that will take them to a coral | | | | it will in fact, deplete the body of fluids that the |
| reef location that will be out in the open ocean areas | | | | swimmer needs to survive. The salt will cause the lips |
| and the distance traveled by boat will make seeing | | | | to become dry and the sun will scorch the areas of |
| land virtually impossible. In the open ocean, there are | | | | the skin that are above and below the surface of the |
| very few opportunities that a swimmer will have to be | | | | water. The swimmer should use reflective devices if |
| saved and they must rely on their own swimming | | | | at all possible to bring attention to the location they are |
| abilities to remain afloat for any length of time. | | | | in the water. |
| Salt water has a consistency that will help swimmers | | | | If sharks are present while snorkeling in the open |
| remain afloat. The body is very buoyant when | | | | ocean, it is best for the swimmer to surface slowly |
| exposed to salt water and swimming through the | | | | and leave the water as soon as possible. Swimmers |
| water might require a person to use more strength in | | | | should avoid splashing or making loud noises because |
| their strokes than they would if they were swimming in | | | | sharks will show interest and could perceive the noise |
| a swimming pool filled with fresh water. Snorkeling | | | | to be a form of aggression. Divers should not swim |
| equipment is very light and limited because there are | | | | with shiny objects on them because sharks are |
| no air tanks involved. A swimmer can float on the | | | | attracted to these objects. Divers should not go |
| surface of the water and view objects beneath them | | | | swimming in the open ocean if they have an open |
| for hours if they want to. | | | | wound on their body for the same reasons. Sharks |
| For open ocean dives, a diver might be tasked to | | | | have a keen sense of smell and could consider the |
| swim with a considerable amount of weight on their | | | | swimmer as a natural source of food. |
| back. This is where the strength training that they take | | | | |