Beginning Ocean Swimmers

Swimming in the ocean or open water can be daunting and frightening but it doesn't have to be. Open water swimming is the most natural and beautiful way to use your swimming muscles. This group is designed to get you out of the pool and into the ocean.

Open water swimming, especially in the ocean, is a lot different than swimming in the pool and can seem counter intuitive. I will teach you how to read the water, enter and exit safely, and deal with the conditions of the swim.

This group is good for those who can swim at least 500 meters non-stop in the pool but who are timid in the ocean. It is good for those who wish to do their first triathlon or their first ocean triathlon. My goal is to make you feel comfortable in the ocean and to remove that as a barrier for you. This takes time to adapt yourself to the ocean and build your confidence. I will offer classes including skills to practice in the pool specific to ocean swimming. Classes in open salt water swims in protected areas that acclimate you to the differences in the types of water you experience in the ocean. Classes, at the beach, in reading the waves and entering and exiting through the waves, in areas that experience on very small waves and currents. The ocean classes will build towards rougher conditions, colder water, and longer swims.

I will accompany you during each lesson and always be there to help you through them. I will guide you through the natural panic and elevated heart rates your body will experience and give you ways to deal with these issues out in the water. I have been swimming and surfing in the ocean my entire life. I have swam in almost every condition from long deep water swims, to strong rip currents, to storm conditions. I have worked with the LA County Lifegaurds. I have completed multiple triathlons under every condition and in many locations. You are as safe as you can possible be with me. I DO ask everyone to sign waivers because we will be swimming in a natural environment.

If you want to learn to swim in the ocean, and exeprience the joy you can only feel once you have lost the fear, please join this group and sign up for some of my classes.

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October 23, 2011 at 9:00 AM, 5 Swimmers attended
Bayshore Swim
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Free swim at Bayshore. Not a clinic but tips and help will be available. Even if it's your first time, come out, bring goggles and wetsuit, lets have fun. There is alot... Learn more
October 18, 2011 at 7:00 AM, 2 Swimmers attended
Zuma Beach - Free Group Swim
Come on out for another group swim at Zuma Beach in Malibu. We'll swim about 1/2 to 1 mile. Wetsuit required. Park on the ocean side of PCH between Trancas Canyon Road... Learn more
October 16, 2011 at 9:00 AM, 9 Swimmers attended
Bayshore Free Swim
Free swim at Bayshore. Not a clinic but tips and help will be available. Even if it's your first time, come out, bring goggles and wetsuit, lets have fun. There is alot... Learn more
October 15, 2011 at 7:30 AM, 2 Swimmers attended
Zuma Beach - Free Group Swim
Come on out for another group swim at Zuma Beach in Malibu. We'll swim about 1/2 to 1 mile. Wetsuit required. Park on the ocean side of PCH between Trancas Canyon Road... Learn more
September 15, 2011 at 7:00 AM, 3 Swimmers attended
Zuma Beach Free Group Swim
Come on out for another group swim at Zuma Beach in Malibu. We'll swim about 1 mile. Park on the ocean side of PCH between Trancas Canyon Road and Guernsey Avenue, then... Learn more

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"Hi, just started training for sprint triathlons, and prefer to do all my workouts out in the real world, including the swims, but I could use some tips and of course, some swimming buddies."
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"I can't swim in a pool because of clorine and my hair. Use to love to swim in the ocean but now I think doing it with some buddies sounds like a better idea. Zuma?????"
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"I am an ocean swimmer with medium experience"
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"Hey, I'm moving back to the LBC and thinking about swimming at Bayshore."
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"I have to admit, the ocean water and waves frighten me when I am submerged in them. I want to overcome my fear and swim!!"