Pool or sea?

Shenshen

Now, I know that a good number of people on here cannot swim. I apologise, this thread is for swimmers.

I have been swimming regularly (usually once or twice a week) at my local pool. Because it's a bank holiday weekend, I knew they'd have different opening hours today, but didn't get round to confirming them yesterday.
So, this morning, I went to a nearby small cove instead, and swam in the sea. I think I will keep doing that for the time being, I enjoyed it immensely.

Here's the reasons why :

* No noisy, obnoxious kids, and all the space I could wish for
* It's free
* I don't come out reeking of chlorine, and I suspect the concentration of fecal matter is a good deal lower

The downside? It does take some determination to get in, due to the temperature.

So, AH swimmers... where do you prefer to swim? Pool or sea?

marshbaboon

Last time I took a swim in Irish waters the cold made my balls shoot so far up into my torso it took 3 months to get them back...

Pool for me, thanks. Preferably heated.

Mr. Manager

I've a pool in my backyard and I much prefer that than swimming in the sea.

Sea is always busy in the summer and there's d!ck all sand around.

Hande hoche!

The pool. Fear of jellyfish.

JupiterKid

The sea is great for that "bracing" feeling when you get into the water.:D

Pool for convenience - I go swimming at the times when there are likely to be no screaming kids around - that's why most pools now have times for adults only.

GoldFour4

The water in the sea is so cold and you have to walk to the water along what always seems like a mile of sand.

In the pool the water is at a nice temperature and I can go for a warm shower as soon as I'm done.

Plus theres icky seaweed in the sea.

Diego Maradona

Thinly veiled I'm so great I can swim thread.

Pure_Cork

Sea

dodderangler

both of them have people pissin in them

Shenshen

JupiterKid wrote: »

The sea is great for that "bracing" feeling when you get into the water.:D

Pool for convenience - I go swimming at the times when there are likely to be no screaming kids around - that's why most pools now have times for adults only.

The pool here has adult-only times, but I tend to fnd them rather inconvenient.
That's why I would usually go first thing Sunday mornings...

Biggins

Pool.

The sea off Louth where I am is supposed to be so bad, the running joke is that because of (Windscale - they changed the name partly because of the bad name it got) Sellafield, the fish alone glow in the dark!

Shenshen

dodderangler wrote: »

both of them have people pissin in them

Definitely.
But in the sea, the concentration would be far lower...

candy-gal1

The sea most definitly imho, you cant beat the feel of just dunking your toes in the seawater and just feeling nature Even if you just sit by the sea its one of the most relaxing and mind healing experiences you can get, just watching the sea roll in and out over the sand, the horizon and different islands etc on it and hearing the ocean roll in, you cant help but love it tbh

Pure_Cork

Hate chlorine-filled swimming pools. Plus in the sea you can jump the waves, that's always fun.

Kylo Ren

Snooker.

flash1080

Keno 92 wrote: »

Snooker.

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Mr. Manager

dodderangler wrote: »

both of them have people pissin in them

Get your own pool and don't piss in it

Ilyana

Pools are grand for swimming laps, but you can't beat a lovely little beach for a swim. I'm a wuss when it comes to cold water, but if you just make yourself do it, it's so rewarding

Oh, and cliff jumping is the shizz.

cocoshovel

Ill never set foot in a public swimming pool again after what Ive seen. I visit the pool about once a week, and had a full membership last year and by jesus its filthy!

good thing I only use the sauna.

Pantsface

cocoshovel wrote: »

Ill never set foot in a public swimming pool again after what Ive seen. I visit the pool about once a week, and had a full membership last year and by jesus its filthy!

good thing I only use the sauna.

They kinda gross too, sitting on a bench where someone elses sweaty ar&se sat before ya??? uggh

nibtrix

Can't beat the sea for swimming, especially when there's big waves to jump! The cold doesnt bother me but I hate getting changed on the beach so don't go very often.

cocoshovel

Pantsface wrote: »

They kinda gross too, sitting on a bench where someone elses sweaty ar&se sat before ya??? uggh

Its bone dry, and its not like its getting on anything but my shorts or towel etc.

i love the sea definitely as long as it has no jellyfish

Pantsface

cocoshovel wrote: »

Its bone dry, and its not like its getting on anything but my shorts or towel etc.

It can seep through..... :eek:

Teyla Emmagan

I have really dry eyes and sea water feels like acid to them. Pity, because I loved the sea as a kid.

So pool it is for me. I just love being in the water either way.

maxfresh

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I have really dry eyes and sea water feels like acid to them. Pity, because I loved the sea as a kid.

So pool it is for me. I just love being in the water either way.

get a decent set of goggles and your sorted

Teyla Emmagan

maxfresh wrote: »

get a decent set of goggles and your sorted

Yeah, am thinking of giving it another go. The last 2 times I got into the sea I also came out with a massive all over rash, and then fainted, so it's not just my eyes that are the problem...

Bad Panda

If I had to pick one, I'd pick the sea.

I do like to relax by a pool though on holidays...maybe grab yourself a nice cocktail or something to have in the water...

Depends on my mood really.

Jumping feet first into huge waves and having them bowl you over is great fun!

Shryke

Either way you're swimming in piss and semen.

Ghandee

Mexico/Thailand/Seychelles, = sea.


Ireland, where the water its so cold, the 'you'll be grand once it his the balls' theory turns into you'll be grand once your out, fleece on, cup of soup in hand, snots stuck to the chin.... I'll take the heated pool thanks.

unkel

Nothing as invigorating as a swim in the sea

Found out recently BTW that Dollymount strand is the only blue flag beach in Dublin!

cambridge

unkel wrote: »

Nothing as invigorating as a swim in the sea

Found out recently BTW that Dollymount strand is the only blue flag beach in Dublin!

skerries donabate?

Jimoslimos

Biggins wrote: »

The sea off Louth where I am is supposed to be so bad, the running joke is that because of (Windscale - they changed the name partly because of the bad name it got) Sellafield, the fish alone glow in the dark!

Not sure if that bit about the fish was tongue-in-cheek, but luminescence in marine life has nothing to do with radioactivity levels from Sellafield.

unkel

cambridge wrote: »

skerries donabate?

Yep both plus Potrane and Portmarnock

4 in Co. Dublin plus 1 in Dublin

cambridge

unkel wrote: »

Yep both plus Potrane and Portmarnock

4 in Co. Dublin plus 1 in Dublin

4 in dublin 1 in dublin city

stevek93

Remind the episode of south park where everyone was peeing in the pool. :P

thebaz

I try to kick start my day with a plunge in the 40 foot -i hate the initial shock , but if i miss it i become a little crazier than normal

mawk

the sea definitely. but I wear a wetsuit so it feels toasty warm

P.C.

But, fish feck in the sea, and so do whales.

getuponthis

Definitely prefer a pool, nothing worse than washing sand out of your arse and hair for the next 2 weeks!

MadameGascar

Love the feeling of jumping into a cold sea and enjoying a dip in a more scenic place than the local pool. You can't get away with anything there. I use it for exercise sometimes but the hot damp smelly air in changing rooms and cost in makes me pukey.

aujopimur

Definitely in the sea, not the cold Irish ones, when I visit my daughter in Queensland I love to go swimming in the beautiful waters of the Gold Coast.

AllyMcFearless

Pool,usually.
That said, I love swimming in the sea, as long as there's no jellyfish, or things that feel like jellyfish... fear of the unknown