Lap Swimming

I like to swim along the North Sea Wall right off of camp. It is really close to my tent, about a two minute walk, and I can always be heard if I am being eaten by a shark or something. Now the Sea Wall is made of concrete. It is kind of like a tall curb from the island side. On the ocean side, it angles down lower, levels out again, and then drops into the ocean. Along the way of the wall, there are rain drains. These, I imagine, were to keep excessive rain water off of the roads. From the water, you can see where the water runs out of these drains. They also cause a bump in the wall that you can see here. My shoes and stuff are right by one.

Why am I telling you this? I use these drains as my lap lane end indicators. They are easy to see as I swim and breathe. And I wanted to know how far I was swimming. I measured, and I am not sure what man came up with it, but the drains are spaced 107 meters apart. So if I do eight laps (there and back being one), I will do just over a mile. It is a pretty long lap, but I felt up to the challenge. If you look where the wall starts to turn, that is just about where the other drain is. Some days the ocean tide it too low for me to swim. Other days, it can be so high and rough that I get punched in the face by waves when I take a breath. It’s fun. Do you see all the splotchy stuff in the water? That is coral. I like to swim right next to it and see all the fishies! Like this Spotted Box Fish going back to the cover of the coral.