Wind: from S 1.8 m/sec (4 mph); Air Temperature: 23.5 °C (74 °F): Water Temperature: 20.77 °C (69 °F)
June 25th, 2024 Today at the lake it was sunny, warm, and feeling very summery for 6pm on a Tuesday…
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Beach Freak
Wind: from S 4.2 m/sec (9 mph);Air Temperature: 18.6 °C (65 °F); Water Temperature: 17.48 °C (63 °F)
June 9, 2024 Today at the lake it was overcast, warm but not hot, breezy. As I walked to the…
“Después de la Playa”
Sunday May 12, 2024
Today at the lake, it was sunny and warm, and the water was choppy. There were kids and adults playing,…
Stayin’ Alive
Wind: from S 11.1 m/sec (25 mph). Air Temperature: 9.3 °C (49 °F). Water Temperature: 7.73 °C (46 °F).
2/25/2024 Today at the lake, it was clearly not a good day for swimming. The wind was fierce, and there…
Get In No Matter What
Wind: from SE 6.1 m/sec (14 mph). Air Temperature: 9.1 °C (48 °F) Water Temperature: 7.55 °C (46 °F)
Feb 16, 2024 Today at the lake it was sunny and blustery. The water was really choppy, but I was…
New Yorker: Sea Women in South Korea
Check out this article in The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/sea-women-of-south-korea
The Guardian: Free Diving
January 7, 2024
Interesting article from The Guardian about an Australian woman who has an incredible capacity for free diving. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/feb/06/i-didnt-even-know-this-was-humanly-possible-the-woman-who-can-descend-into-the-sea-on-one-breath?CMP=share_btn_link
Big Wind, Big Waves
7 Oct 2023
Today at the lake it was crazy cold and windy. Like wind-chill cold. The temperature was 47 F, but it…
Cows, Sheep, Violets
Sat sep 9 6:27pm Skaftekulla badplats
Today at the lake I didn’t want to get out of the water. My host drove me to a remote…
So Såduggen
Monday August 28, 2023
Today at the lake, I swam in a beautiful, clean lake, Såduggen, surrounded by trees and blue sky. It was…
Swedish Ducks
Saturday, August 26, 2023 Today at the sea, it was windy, so the water was choppy. It rained all day yesterday, and it was still grey today, so I was alone at the beach. There were a few campers over by the diving platform; looked like they were fishing. I was excited to see four READ MORE
Hammarsbadet
August 23, 2023 Weds, 5:22pm Today at the lake, I swam in the Baltic Sea for the first time. I’ve been so antsy to swim the past 10 days, while also knowing it would be a wait because of traveling and because of jet lag. Now that I’m at my residency I can swim whenever READ MORE
Don’t Let the Sun Fool You
Temp 51 F Water Temp 55 F. Drizzly, grey day. It’s been raining all day.
Today at the lake, it was grey and raining. I should say “still raining” because it’s been raining all day.…
Tot With Rocks
Jan 25, 2023 Today at the lake it was grey, and I was alone. My swim buddy wasn’t feeling well, so I decided to go by myself. I was lucky to find a man and his tiny two-year-old daughter at the water’s edge, throwing rocks into the lake. Of course, I had to say hi READ MORE
Spun Around
Today at the lake….I am on my couch. Flat out. Sweaty, dizzy, waiting to succumb to my second COVID Moderna vaccination from this afternoon. Feeling Crappy I wanted to go back to bed when I got home because doing this daily TMS treatment is killing me. I’m not sleeping, so I’m a zombie all week. READ MORE
Friday On My Mind
15 April 2022 | Sunny | Water 46 F Today at the lake, it was sunny, it was Friday, it was perfect. I met my swim buddy again, and finally remembered to bring my extra gloves so she could wear them over her 1mm gloves, which just aren’t warm enough this time of year. I READ MORE
So Tired But I Tried Anyway
Finally got to exercise today. Have not moved since my WEDS swim. The water was so flat. I just splashed around until my 20 min were up. Now so tired. I get extra points for rinsing off all my gear when I got home.
Just a Quickie
Feb 28, 2022 Today at the lake it was cold and windy. The water was really choppy, and my body felt like lead trying to swim. I meet two new swim pals, K and E. They mostly soaked. E is a soaker. K is acclimating and sort of new to this cold water thing. I READ MORE
Awkward Re-entry
Today at the lake it was challenging getting back into swimming after a long break. I haven’t been for a proper swim since October 30th. I felt fussy about my face getting cold. My wetsuit was leaking water through the neck. It was hard to swim. No, it was hard to breathe while swimming. Amazing READ MORE
That was one fine adventure
Today I was a total sea witch. I was a badass. I was fearless. I got my butt kicked by the waves and exposed by the wind. I swallowed water but didn’t drown. My snorkel didn’t work, but I dove into the waves, over the waves and across the waves. The whipping sound of the READ MORE