How do you feel about this summertime outdoor activity? I know some people love to swimm during the winter/autumn/sping and some do in indoors, but I find swimming during the summer most enjoyable.

I've never been fond of summer, or the sea. Putting the two together seems to guarantee sunburn. I mostly try to stay inside during the summer - I already have enough problems with staying hydrated as is without sweating all my liquids out. I prefer swimming indoors, too. I think I quite enjoy doing so during autumn/winter, since if you come out of the heated pool and exit into the outside world you get that special chill that comes with being wet and being caught by a breeze. Come to think of it, I think the only time I actually like going outside is during autumn and early winter.

It can be odd how cold the sea can be in summer, which made me wonder about its properties. The specific heat of seawater is about 5% less than that of freshwater, so it's actually slightly easier to heat. Most likely there's just so much of it that it takes a heck of a lot of sunshine to warm it up, so the seas in places like Britain just tend to stay miserable. :P

(Out of curiosity, is the temperature of Croatia's seawater more even, or do you get cold and hot spikes?)

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I don't swim. I power walk in the seabed.

The beach episode is usually fanservice ( ͡° ͜ ʖ ͡°)

It's great, but there aren't any big pools nearby to just kind of relax in. Most big pools are municipal / gyms where people do laps :P Closest one that isn't in someone's backyard is Valley of the Waves in Sun City, which is a ton of fun outside of tourist season.

Oceanwise? Yeah no thanks - too scary. Last time I went a lifeguard had to help me out. An awesome surfer dude tried as well, but the waves were too intense.

I am an average swimmer and diver. I prefer swimming on cold days, however.
And I hate beaches. They're sort of hell outposts on earth, where sinners are sent to scorch and get sand inside all the pores of their skin.
However, enjoy your swimming! :)

P.S. Seriously, nobody asked for photos of your swimming time yet? Nerds aren't as they used to be.

I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere.

swimming is one of my favorite things to do during the summer.

When i went to the beaches in Nice, that was a horrid experience. Almost drowned. I don't like sand, and i still would have preferred it over the rocks. I could've buried my feet into the sand to keep footing, at least.

I rather swim indoors in a pool because then I know beforehand how warm the water is etc. Swimming outdoors is always... I dunno...

In Finland we are happy if we are able to get 19 or 20 Celsius degrees in lakes in summers, usually it is below that. It is bearable but a bit chilly to my taste. Sea water is always several degrees colder.

However, when the weather is warm-ish (like around 25 C or warmer), we start getting constant warnings that due to warmer weather the lakes (and possibly sea) are now full of the toxic "blue-green algae" so swimming should be avoided. Oh great, the few weeks when it would be warm enough to swim, the lakes become toxic and shit...

Then again, my experiences in the warm Thailand aren't much better.

- In one tourist resort, sure the sea water was nicely warm (I figure 28 C or so), but it was dirty as heck. A big plastic rice sack was floating by me (I picked it up and brought it to the beach) and there were other smaller (plastic) garbage there too. When I got out of the water, I felt itchy, the water was probably quite polluted as the waste go directly to the sea I believe.

- In another beach by the sea which wasn't quite as popular (and polluted), I saw lots of stranded jellyfish on the beach in the morning. The heck I am going to swim among jellyfish, no thanks! There were also some other... things... on the beach I don't quite recognize, possibly related to some kind of snakes in the water? I was not going to find out. If I recall right, the beach was called "Chao Lao beach".

- There was a big lake in one place near the Cambodian border. The water was not clear, more like muddy. Anyway, when I saw a local dog poo into the water, I decided not to swim in it. (Actually it pooed on a small pier and the dog owner kicked the piece of poo to the lake).

There was one (or two, I think they were quite near to each other) waterfalls in Thailand which were very nice to swim in. I don't recall their names but I have the places in my GPS phone. The water was crystal clear because the water was changing all the time (more water kept coming from the small waterfall), and there were big fish in the tiny pond there who were not afraid at all of e.g. human, as they apparently didn't have any natural enemies in the same pond. It was kinda magical to slowly swim and dive through the flock of big fish which didn't care about you much. The water was nicely warm, I'd say maybe 26 C even though more colder water kept coming from the mountains to the pond.

These waterfalls seemed to be mainly used by the locals, I think only once I spot another "farang" there.

I rarely swim or bathe nowadays. Last time was last Christmas, in Indonesia, before that was probably several years ago. I used to go swimming in the sea when visiting the extended family, I don't know why I lost interest.

I feel sorry for whoever lives with you. :D

The cat doesn't complain. I don't have a bathtub, only a shower.