I can't swim but need to learn, did any of you learn to swim in the sea instead of the chlorine bath ?

I can't swim but regularly go out on a boat, need to learn how to swim but no way going to a swimming pool, if any of you learnt how to swim in the sea please tell me how ?
P.s please feel free to take the piss I would

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firefall · 61-69, M Best Comment

Sure. just go out waist deep and swim parallel to the beach. Safe & easy place to learn.

ajoite · 51-55, F

@firefall: Think that's best advice ever , thankyou

firefall · 61-69, M

@ajoite: no probs. I'd start by trying breaststroke or sidestroke, easier to learn than freestyle/crawl, even if they're slower

AyselxGwynith · 26-30, F

Why won't you go to a swimming pool? I think learning to swim in the sea is quite a bit harder and I wouldn't enjoy all the gulps of unwanted salt water, but it should be safe as long as you stay in the areas where you can stand and you have someone with you.

ajoite · 51-55, F

@AyselxGwynith: Thankyou but can't stand the smell of chlorine

Lochlee · 51-55, F

I would also recommend learning in swimming pool. You can see around you, know your exact depth etc. Sea swimming....uneven footing (flat then suddenly a hollow), tugging tides and things rubbing against you (seaweed and what not) - easier to become unnerved.