Ocean Swim Vs Lake Swim | What’s The Difference?

[@jonathanzappala]

It kind of needs 3 categories, ocean, Great Lakes, lakes. I swim in Lake Erie, pretty much a fresh water ocean.

[@KathrynBraithwaite-oj3zc]

Loch Ness here. Can I come swim with you sometime? Xx

[@PsheMeck]

Oh man, I just did my open water training in Mediterranean Sea with waves, after swallowing 2 waves of saltiest water ever I wanted to quit 😅😢 I prefer my Baltic Sea 🌊 😊

[@agarrikr2996]

What? Mediterranean is one of the easiest seas to swim at

[@NiaMeleri10]

This has come at EXACTLY the right time. All my previous Tris have been lake swims (which is good because I like close to great lakes that I swim weekly) . Starting to get into the sea THIS WEEK in preparation for The Roc Wales in September 😬😜. Big thing for me is being safe. I feel so much safer swimming in a lake where I know there will be a good few swimmers / kayakers etc around - even at 6am . And do go alone at times (with float bag ) . I feel the sea is so much vaster and feel I need company with me every time which makes scheduling training slightly more difficult

[@gtn]

Where’s your favourite swim spot? 🌅

[@chrisstrider]

Weymouth Bay

[@blubbblubb6239]

I am currently training in a small local lake with rather clear water and start to enjoy it ;-) However, I am a bit afraid of an ocean swim...

[@stujm8376]

I’m happy you made this vid, I want to start sea swimming a couple of times a week because I live by the sea and need to start doing more low impact exercise. Excellent tips even for a newbie, thanks

[@ZOB4]

I live on an Island (Long Island, NY, USA) and we have two very large protected bays (The Peconic Bay and The Great South Bay) that are used in a lot of our open water triathlons. It's salt water, but doesn't have the same roughness issues or currents as in the ocean. It's essentially the best of both worlds.

[@jeffreywilliams3646]

Could you talk about swim goggles with prescription lenses? Last time I was in a lake, I got maybe 75m out from shore and realized I could not see the shore (fortunately I could see people between me and the shore).

[@alvargas5095]

You forgot to mention sharks and other biting critters in the ocean, lakes and rivers. Recently in Lake Tahoe a man was attacked by otters. They bit his legs and left wounds. In the Brisbane River in Australia, there are bull sharks. There is even a story of a bull shark in Lake Michigan.

[@vrnvorona]

Of course there are sharks in a riven in Australia, lol.

[@tinyrunner88]

I’ve worked really hard on my stroke rate. I’ve got it up to around 90 per minute. I can push to mid 90s for short periods but can’t sustain it! 😅

[@vsheehan]

I did my first Ironman race in the ocean. Panama City Beach, FL. I mainly swim in a river. The ocean was a fun experience. There were jellyfish.

[@Shane_Finnegan]

Did you struggle swimming with waves after just doing river swimming?

[@MMichiganSalveRegina]

Question for people doing/have done IM... if the course is in the sea/ocean, is it usually in the direction of the current or are you swimming into the current the entire time? That could be a ton of energy

[@33Jenesis]

It’ll take me a few more years in the pool before I dare to try open water anything. I am too new to swimming.

[@steveco1800]

I tend to think sea water is going to be cleaner most of the time and less likey to get ill from germs?

[@ironmantooltime]

Not in the UK right now! 😂😭

[@Ivan_Nano]

Actually you didn’t mentioned the biggest difference to me, and the main reason why I never search for full distance IM on the ocean: chafing. I’ve swam 10K in lakes before. But as soon as I swim 1.5K in the ocean, the place where my biceps touches my lats on each stroke hurts awfully to the point I just can’t continue. It seems that kind of rubbing is OK without salt, but the salt water makes unaware constant small rashes that after 30 minutes I’m dying of pain. I found no solution for it. Only to look for races without salty water.

[@sertanucgul]

Hi. I have been swimming continuously for about 7 years, at least 4 times a week. but I have an audition ahead of me and I have been eliminated in these auditions for the last two years. I have to swim 800 meters in less than 16 minutes, but I am short of breath during my attempts and I am out of breath. what would you recommend me to do? thanks #gtncoachescorner

[@desroin]

Being a horrible swimmer as is it'll be quite some time till I sign up for an event with a sea swim. That being said next week I'll swim in a literal river for the first time in my life... it's only 500m but half of that is against the current ^^' Personally I prefer quiet lakes, swam in the Bodensee a couple of days back which is really quite choppy the more you get into it, which is also a surprise since the beach area is just an overgrown mess but otherwise very quiet.

[@ironmantooltime]

Difference is ocean could very well be nigh on impossible if the wind is against you and ruin your day!

[@teplak4805]

Nothing on jellyfish?

[@mingarida]

One thing I instantly noticed when Training in the sea is how incredibly thirsty I got …

[@tutbailey6150]

One word JELLIES🤬🤬🥵

[@bigearedmouse17]

Less Sharks in the Lake

[@Nessunego]

Sharks

[@brianpmack]

...are really quick on the swim leg, but tend to drop off fairly quickly after T1.

[@nathandrake9129]

Not in UK

[@Nessunego]

@@nathandrake9129 do you have them in lakes, too???

[@angelicdanielle]

Sharks