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re: Fellow fisherman lost his life wading
Posted on 6/4/14 at 10:58 am to cajunrabbit
Posted on 6/4/14 at 10:58 am to cajunrabbit
I almost drowned off Padre Years ago when I got caught in a rip tide. Hauled me out to 20 foot of water bouceing me along the bottom. Always remembered what my mom told me as a kid, when in the ocean an swimming , if you get tired turn and float on your back. I did this and it saved my life. You literally can not sink. I kicked off the bottom and floated nearly a mile and then was able to swim to shore with the waves.
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Posted on 6/4/14 at 11:12 am to BIG Texan
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when in the ocean an swimming , if you get tired turn and float on your back.
Great advice. I was snorkeling over a reef in Mexico a few years ago and one of the people with us was inexperienced and working to try to tread water. She was quickly getting into a crisis about 100 feet from the shore. The Mexican guide went over there and talked her into floating on her back for a few minutes until she could catch her breath and everything worked out.
There is also the dead man's float where you float face down and kick up every 15 or 20 seconds to breathe. Keep movements to a minimum and you can relax. Don't try to swim great distances like Tarzan because the ocean is always stronger than you are.
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