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  • #122
    mickmc7
    Registered Users Posts: 346 ✭✭mickmc7


    Macie Gray Menu wrote: »
    I texted my mate who I'll be swimming with later to say the sea was very choppy

    Portmarnock is very choppy now is it? Due to head down now in the next hour for a swim.


  • #123
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    mickmc7 wrote: »
    Portmarnock is very choppy now is it? Due to head down now in the next hour for a swim.

    I was at the Martello end and yes it was choppy, I just checked my texts and that was at 10:50. It might have eased up a little.

    Tbh it was just breaking nearer the shore, seemed ok'ish out a little further.

    Like I said I was running, so didn't get it. Choppy can be fun :)


  • #124
    audiRon
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭audiRon


    batman1 wrote: »
    I am hoping to get into some open water swimming this summer. I am a good swimmer and swam 4-5k a week in pools in my teens but alas, the 40s have arrived. So I was hoping to get into it with a local group. Not competitive but just for exercise and social.

    The reason I messaged is for some advice on a wetsuit. I've been researching and it's a real minefield between brands etc. Can anyone advise on what to get, or indeed what not to get? My budget will be around €200 .
    I was told to get orca if I can or blue seventy?
    Agree with everyone, try before you buy. Make sure what ever you get fits your body shape and has the flexibility around the shoulders to allow you the range of motion needed to swim. Speedo would be my preferred brand, i just got a new suit and I really like it. It's light and flexible.
    I'd also say that you should really get a suit that matches your level, else you won't really get the benefit from it. I know you mentioned your budget, but don't be tempted to spend more thinking that a super expensive suit will make you swim faster. Beginner swimmer = beginner wetsuit, elite swimmer = elite wetsuit, and the same for all levels in between


  • #125
    audiRon
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭audiRon


    batman1 wrote: »
    I am hoping to get into some open water swimming this summer. I am a good swimmer and swam 4-5k a week in pools in my teens but alas, the 40s have arrived. So I was hoping to get into it with a local group. Not competitive but just for exercise and social.

    The reason I messaged is for some advice on a wetsuit. I've been researching and it's a real minefield between brands etc. Can anyone advise on what to get, or indeed what not to get? My budget will be around €200 .
    I was told to get orca if I can or blue seventy?
    This may be of use to you
    https://outdoorswimmer.com/product-reviews/best-budget-wetsuits-for-open-water-swimming-2020


  • #126
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    audiRon wrote: »
    This may be of use to you
    https://outdoorswimmer.com/product-reviews/best-budget-wetsuits-for-open-water-swimming-2020

    Thanks, that's probably the cheapest online prices I've seen!.

    Another thing BM, I don't know whether you're using pool or open water googles but if you're still using pool googles (and they're fine) I find the larger open water googles are far better.

    I've had really good pool goggles knocked off me by crashing waves but its never happened with open water googles, and I find sighting is far easier too.


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  • #127
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Lovely swim this evening, the water was crystal clear and mirror flat in Portmarnock this evening. Some jellyfish coming in with the tide but other than that had a really pleasant swim (other than a friction burn on my neck from my wetsuit)

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    Lambay Island in the background


  • #128
    radharc
    Registered Users Posts: 965 ✭✭✭radharc


    Was in the forty foot twice last week and have never seen the like of the panic about jellyfish. Lots of people talking about them, pointing at apparent lions mane in the water (I couldn't see anything), asking swimmers when they got out were they stung etc. I'm not doing justice to the atmosphere, it was a kind of mass panic.

    Tried to shake it out of my mind and got in for a lovely swim with no jellies visible.

    Then went down with the kids a few days later and there were signs warning about the presence of lions' mane but things seemed much calmer.


  • #129
    Gun_Slinger
    Registered Users Posts: 212 ✭✭Gun_Slinger


    Heading to Dublin in a couple of weeks for a few days and would like to check out the 40ft. Are there markers in the water you can do a good swim from 1-2K? Are there many boats/jet skis etc to be wary of? Or even if there was a better place for o/w swimming I could check out, i'd be very grateful (I'm staying in South Dublin).


  • #130
    and still ricky villa
    Registered Users Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭and still ricky villa


    Gun_Slinger wrote: »
    Heading to Dublin in a couple of weeks for a few days and would like to check out the 40ft. Are there markers in the water you can do a good swim from 1-2K? Are there many boats/jet skis etc to be wary of? Or even if there was a better place for o/w swimming I could check out, i'd be very grateful (I'm staying in South Dublin).

    I'm happier in Seapoint just up the road (you'll see the Martello tower).
    I haven't swam much in the 40ft though

    Handy 'maps' on this thread
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057018500


  • #131
    radharc
    Registered Users Posts: 965 ✭✭✭radharc


    Gun_Slinger wrote: »
    Heading to Dublin in a couple of weeks for a few days and would like to check out the 40ft. Are there markers in the water you can do a good swim from 1-2K? Are there many boats/jet skis etc to be wary of? Or even if there was a better place for o/w swimming I could check out, i'd be very grateful (I'm staying in South Dublin).

    The 40ft is iconic and worth checking out to tick it off the bucket list but agree Seapoint is more suitable for a 2k, it’s only down the road. It is tidal, probably best to avoid for an hour or two either side of low tide.


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  • #132
    batman1
    Registered Users Posts: 598 ✭✭✭batman1


    This may seem a silly question but as a new wetsuit wearer, what is the best thing to wear under it (men) and is a toncho or dry robe a must for changing etc?


  • #133
    new2tri19
    Registered Users Posts: 530 ✭✭✭new2tri19


    I just wear a pair of swim jammers.


  • #134
    Gun_Slinger
    Registered Users Posts: 212 ✭✭Gun_Slinger


    I had a lovely (albeit very choppy) 1.8K swim in Seapoint yesterday evening, then myself and the kids (aged 9 & 11) went down to the 40 ft for a few jumps off the famous rock and another dip after. It was lovely to see the huge amount of o/w swimmers in the capital as both spots were very busy, It is usually very quiet down the country where I am from. Thanks again all for the recommendations, ye are deadly!


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