Are you afraid to swim in the ocean?

I live in Florida where we have oceans on both sides and lots of beaches. People comee from all over to visit our beaches and they wouldn't do that if the seashore was a dangerous place to be. First of all, storms don't come out of nowhere. Most boats have severe weather radios that alert you of storms and the lifeguards on the beaches also know when a storm is coming and will alert the folks on the beach. It's not dangerous to swim in the ocean because shark attacks are rare and so are attacks by other creatures. Swimming in the ocean is really a lot of fun!

No...In fact i love it... When swimming in the pool, i fell that it lack suspense compared to when i'm swimming in the ocean. A couple of times i almost being dragged by the current and drowned,but it just adds the excitement. Too bad that i get sunburn easily despite the amount of sunblocks i applied,and that makes my wife forbid me to go to the beach.

hi dear friend, i love to be in water and to swim. i love to go on beaches and my outdoors and mostly planned around beaches and ocean area. i love it. yes, i will love to swim on a beach area and inside on behind the boundary that is marked to the people to swim. because it is safe too swim till that place. if you go more forward then you are taking risk and risking yourself. so i can swim and enjoy only upto a certain limit. not beyond it.

I can't swim, so I'm certainly wary of swimming in the ocean. I will wade in sometimes, but never more than waist deep. The water in our area is very dirty, you can't see down in it. And the beach we go to is close to a pier where people fish, clean their fish, and toss the cleaned bits back into the ocean, so I know sharks are being attracted to the area. I've never heard of shark attacks near our beach, but people have caught in rip currents and drowned, and jellyfish are quite common.

I can swim, but I am just not very good. It must be very difficult for me to swim in the ocean. I am really afraid of that.

i agree oceans are beautiful... but for me, i cant enjoy it much, i just enjoy the view, but still im afraid that i might fall in the ocean and drown... i dont know how to swim. i just stay on the shore or chest water level... hehehe. have a nice day to all!

i have only been to the ocean a few times but i loved swimming in them and the chances of unpredictable storms and sharks are few and far between. i would live on the beach of the ocean in a heartbeat!

Ocean is beautiful but can be really dangerous as well. You couldn't imagine how crazy the current can ahcnge and suck you into the deep water... I am not afraid to swim in the ocean but I am alittle scared of swimming over my head, people can make any fun on throwing me into the water like kinda close to the shore but don't drag me all the way to where over my head... I really would freak out about it...

I'm only afraid of it if I see something bad in it. There have been many times where we have taken a boat out, anchored, and went swimming. I looooove doing that. The only time I have been afraid is when I saw a man-of-war jelly fish thing... those hurt. I've never seen sharks or any other scary creature in the water when I've gone swimming. It is so peaceful in the middle of the ocean. I'd like to learn to scuba dive. :-) There is risk in anything you do.

I do love the ocean as well, my eyes enjoys the warmth of the sandy beach and the width of the blue ocean. But, i'm kinda afraid to swim down there because i feel pain every time i swim at the beaches.

I moved to beautiful, coast riddled maine ten years go from land locked nebraska, and i have only ever been in the ocean once (and that was in south carolina too boot!) I can't really say that it is because i am scared of anything in the ocean, i just do not enjoy the salt water at all...it burns my eyes, and i am not a big fan of waves either, but at least the water is clear. Now i do most of my swimming in lakes, but even that creeps me out..especially as the water isn't always clear and you can't see what you are in the water with..i get totally freaked out if a fish touches me..or even comes near me in the water. I supose a lot of thise comes from growing up in nebraska where we didn't have much in the way of lakes to go swimming in, and most swimming was done in nice, clean, chlorinated pools. I enjoy that much more!

I am a superb swimmer and I have swimmed before in the Indian ocean.....

im afraid of the ocean, even im on a ship, i got nervous and imagining that it might sink in the ocean and i got drowned. im afraid because i dont know how to swim, i know it has lots of beauty under the sea, but im satisfied watching it on tv. heheh.

Nope, I am totally fine with swimming in the ocean. Although, sometimes I do get afraid about jellyfish, etc. One time I was laying on the beach and looked into the shallow water and saw an eel. Pretty scary, but overall I'm not afraid.

I sure am afraid to swim in the ocean. First of all, I am not a very good swimmer. I do swimm once in a while at the swimming club where I am living. But, that's just the basic. Too far away from the skill and strength needed to swim in the ocean. And, secondly, I have never swam in the ocean. So, I don't have the experience at all. Yes, I do like watching the beauties of the ocean, beaches, waves, sailing boats !

Hello, i love the beach. I love swimming in the ocean at day time. But i don't swim far in the shore. I'm afraid to swim at night time also. The planks give me creeps when it touches my skin. I'm also paranoid when i swim in the ocean. Paranoid that foriegn fish will bite me. But the again i love the ocean! happy mylotting!

yes, i am so afraid to swim in ocean, even in swimming pool. Guess what? I do not know how to swim... Although my apartment have a swimming pool, but i never use the facility before. Maybe someday i should learn how to swim, it is better to learn one more skill, right ?

i do love swimming. but i dont know how to swim. i only once swimmed in the lake with the life jacket. i dare not to swim in the sea, afraid of the big wave and dangerous shark,

I too am afraid with oceans. I dont know who to float in deep areas, not even on pool. But I do love going in beaches. Its nice to refreah sometimes. I hope I can learn to swim. Aside from ot being able to float I am also scare that I might get to far and can go back or... if a shark comes in to get food.

I only swim in the swimming pool. i'm not so good at swimming therefore ocean for me is too deep to swim. Actually i'm afraid of sea water very much. The ocean is too deep to be clear and it's really dangerous . i appreciate those fishermen very much because they are so brave to go into ocean to catch fish . Strong storm and winds are everywhere in the ocean.