@ArtieKat As I said at the beginning, you may as well say that the Pacific Ocean is an arm of the Atlantic ocean that begins off the southern tip of South America, an arm of North America that begins somewhere on the Panamanian isthmus.
Grew up 5 miles from the coast in New England. The beach was my happy place, off season, in the fall, winter and spring.... the wild, turbulent sea, the aroma of the salt water... its part of my soul...
I've swam in many different parts of the Pacific, the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, plus the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean and the Red Sea... might be others that dont come immediately to mind.
🤔.......I have been swimming in the following, North Pacific (Calif. & Hawaii), North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea.........And have seen the North Sea, Baltic Sea, Adriatic Sea and Tyrrhenian Sea...........