Swimmer's Daily

  • Immerse yourself in a world that is truly harmonious with nature. Imagine six minutes without breath, slipping below the ocean’s surface to frolic with sperm whales, swim in tandem with a giant moray eel, and glide fearlessly with shark predators. World champion freedriver Pierre Frolla experiences that and more in this captivating underwater adventure…and you’re invited along for the journey.

    Over 51 days, Frolla explores the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea, offering a firsthand glimpse into a fascinating and vibrant world. He’ll visit sacred territories, meet tribes avowed to live in harmony with the sea and discover long-forgotten shipwrecks teeming with life.

    See www.onalongbreath.com

  • Swimmers at a Florida Panhandle beach are dealing with painful rashes from stinging jellyfish larvae. More commonly known as “sea lice,” the News Herald reports the sea lice are almost invisible to the naked eye, but they leave an unmistakable sting. They’ve been reported along Walton County’s Santa Rosa Beach this week. Scott Jackson is a sea grant extension agent in nearby Bay County. Jackson says some scientists have compared the larvae to specks of pepper.

    https://youtu.be/P4ZIUHhIcBA

  • Naomi Ruele will represent her home country of Botswana in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after qualifying with a time of 26.07 in the 50 Free during an official FINA approved time trial in March.

    See also FIU Sports

  • Lifeguards put out double red flags near Pier 60 in Clearwater on Tuesday morning warning swimmers not to enter the water.

  • A northern California judge faces outrage over a former college swimmer’s six-month sentence in a sexual assault case at Stanford University. The attack was stopped by two grad students who happened to ride by on bicycles. John Blackstone reports on how they found Brock Turner and the victim and what they told the authorities.

    https://youtu.be/I9MN5crqADU

    https://youtu.be/A9OR7A68i_A

  • London school students who were trapped on a beach in Kent were rescued by helicopter and lifeboats after they used their mobile phones as beacons.

    The 34 teenagers and two adults were rescued and taken to safety after they got lost and became disoriented during a coastal walk between St Margaret’s Bay and Dover Harbour.

    In a video released by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency, the students can be seen waving through a night-vision camera.

    See Mashable

  • Police are looking for Ceazar Kainz who has been declared a missing person

  • With the Rio Olympics just a few days away, PNG Swimming sensation, Ryan Pini is gearing up to take part in the event.

  • A member of the Sherrills Ford-Terrell Fire and Rescue’s dive team was killed Monday afternoon as he and two other divers searched for a swimmer who had gone missing a day earlier.

    Authorities identified the diver as Bradley Long, 28. They haven’t said what led to the diver’s death or to the injury of the two other divers who had trouble in murky water between 50 and 80 feet deep. The injured divers surfaced on their own.

    Divers recovered the body of the swimmer, whose name was not released, according to Rick Davis, the Sherrills Ford-Terrell fire chief.

    See The Charlotte Observer