Vietnam travel and sport - How to deal with big sea wave while you are a newbie in open water swimming

This summer, on the Small mountain, in Vung Tau city of Vietnam, lots of people come to see Red flower blossom on the road to Sea light. However, there is a different way to see Red flower if you are a swimmer. From Front beach, after swimming 5m from the beach, look up to the mountain, you can see not just the line of coconut tree but the red line of blossom summer flower. Of course, you cannot take picture, selfie but it is a worthy view to try.

As a pool swimmer, open water is still scary to me especially in the day have big wind and big wave. Swim 1.5km in 50 minutes in the pool but 10m under 5 big waves enough to make me feel as same as car sick and freak out. Jelly fish is also the acquaintance might be met every minute in its birth season. Luckily, Front beach has a length of sand beach shorter than Back beach, the jelly fish come not as much as Back beach but if you swim to near the sand, you might see them swim ahead of you any time.

Jelly fish, rock moss stair, big wave do not make local people stay away of the sea. All issues have their corresponding solutions. To deal with Slippery stair, use the stair enter to the sand, not the stair entered directly to the sea, more water more moss more slippery. To deal with Jelly fish, local swimmer wear long sleeve, swimsuit fully covers hands and legs. To deal with Big wave, women always wear swim buoy around their hip.

In the first day, I just let the swim buoy float behind me and keep trying to swim under the wave. After drank a lot of sea water, had have breathing issue, swam like a drowning duck, painful arms the whole morning, I hold my Nature hiking swim float buoy immediately on the next day, when the sea welcome me with stronger wind than the day before. One hand hold the swim buoy, another moving to keep the direction, legs keep pushing forward. Big wave has less pressure than, even enjoyable when big waves comes. Old men still swim toward the big wave and challenge me to swim. No thanks. I love my life.

Mom and I swam back and forth together for 30 minutes until too much jelly fish around and the women started to leave. Mom also wear a swim buoy around her hip to float above the water all the time. If the sea is too smooth, she will start to feel bored. Let see when I can swim panic-free in the open water. Attractive and dangerous challenging.