Marine Life Offshore
Mankind has yet to understand well the ecosystem and the marine life in the depths of the oceans, lakes and rivers around the world. Crystal-clear or murky. Relatively shallow or deep. Fresh or salt. There are so many things to discover about our water-dominated world.
Authorities don’t know why thousands of jellyfish packed a three-mile long section of San Francisco’s Ocean Beach recently – and are floating various reasons why there seems to be a proliferation of all types of jellyfish in the world’s oceans – an obvious issue that open water swimmers are aware of.Photo above is of a piranha.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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