(Descriptive Essay) (Title) A SWIMMING ADVENTURE

Observing the sunset, and the yellow ball of fire changed to hues of orange, and then almost tangerine. It merged with the sky, like juice-mix dissolving in a glass of water. The clouds were cotton-candy, as though they blushed at the warm touch of the sun. Silhouettes of birds flew home across a sky that was now magenta. The city line, towering buildings, and beautiful lakes with the reflections of emerald green trees were clearer than ever in that split second before the first drop your anxious body would experience.

At this point, my heart was about to beat out of my chest. All I could think about was the manta rays and how they have poisonous tails that can kill instantly. What completely surprised me, was how fast everyone on the boat jumped into the water including my sister, mother, and father. I was left on the boat stressing about how one of my family members could get stung and die. My thoughts were yet again distracted by my mother shouting, “Evy, jump in it’s super cool! They are beautiful!” Of course, the captain had to join in on the conversation and try to convince me to jump, but I was not

It was sometime around 6:00 p.m. on a Thursday night in the middle of January 2016. There was a swim meet going on and it was just about to start. The teams were warming up and getting ready for the meet that was due to start in the coming hour. I was warmed up and concentrating on the race listening to music in my newly acquired platinum studio beats. The music was loud and the nerves were setting as I walked into the locker room with my friend and teammate. As we passed I said good luck to our teammate who I was racing against in the 200 free style. Then out of know were he pulled my friend to the side and whispered something in his ear. I didn’t hear what was said as I had continued to walk. My friend came over to me and I asked what he had said and he told me. He told me

So Fernanda jumped and “pencil dived” to grab Roene, and it worked! But when Fernanda was grabbing Roene, she dropped the rope and hatchet. When Nathan and I were landing in the water, we had to loosen the chest strap before we landed. Once we landed we had to take it off carefully and let the parachute sink. Roene and Fernanda wanted to save the parachute, for supplies. So before they hit the water, Fernanda dropped Roene into the water, Roene swam away a little. While Fernanda was still in the air she loosened the chest strap and when she landed she took it off. Meanwhile, Roene quickly grabbed the parachute and successfully saved it. We swam towards each other while Nathan inflated the dinghy. We were about a three-minute swim away from each other, but there were some pretty big waves. When we noticed that there were sharks! While the rest of us were panicking, Fernanda discovered that they were whale sharks! She told us that whale sharks don’t eat humans! We were so relieved. While we were paddling to shore, Roene hit Nathan in the head with her oar! Nathan got a concussion, but he was okay since he just lay on the bottom of the dinghy. We were a six-hour paddle

Waking up and looking at the sun rise I thought to myself how beautiful it was. The sun rising from the sea the sky a purple color with the waves majestically flowing I stared at

Within moments, the welcoming embrace of the water transformed into aggressive jostles. I waded in the ocean searching for something to blame for ruining the mood. I found

We couldn’t stop or help for long. I was determined to find my parents. Carefully walking around the waters edge I was suddenly sucked in by a huge wave. I somehow managed to catch a quick glimpse of the total devastation

I used to never understand why people gave me so much attention. It was always strange. On my swim and track team, I would constantly hear “What was Bryant’s time?” or “How did Bryant do?”. Even during swim practices, people wanted to either swim against or with me. At swim meets my teammates would cheer me on, toes hanging off the side of the pool, almost every race I swam. At track meets a crowd would always anticipate my arrival by the finish line. In school, whenever my hand flies to the air, conversations cease to a halt. Silence fills the air, and everyone is left waiting for my response. I can tell that my peers are waiting in anticipation for my answer. In the classroom, people were curious of my contribution to the discussion. Even

As they swam deeper, I continued to use my boogie board and just as I was about to catch a wave my mouth filled with water that was so salty it burned my throat. So I decided I was going to take a break and get a drink of water to get rid of the salty taste in my mouth. Though once I got to the sand and looked back to signal to my mom that I was going to go get water I couldn’t find where she was so I looked up and down the shore to see if she came out of the water although the only thing I saw was people coming out of the water and crowding on to the beach. I raced out of the water to see what was happening and to hopefully find my mom and sister.

In 2014, the population of the United States was 318.9 million. Of those 318.9 million, 44% do not know how to swim.That is 140,316,000 people. This is a much higher number than I think many people would expect. Learning how to swim can be difficult, but the benefits are abundant.

“I think about those finless sharks being thrown over the edges of the boats and the way they flick their tails in the sea of there own blood.” … “The way the nerves in their bodies are sending a message to the place where there fins used to be, willing the nonexistent fins to move. The way they realize it’s not going to work. That nothing will work. Then they sink. They

I was pumped and ready as I started to walk towards the water while looking at the set of waves, to see what wave I was going to catch. As I stepped into the water a great big shiver went through my body telling me that the water was going to be cold. I jumped onto my board and stated to paddle out. When I got out to the bigger waves I sat on my board and looked back at everyone watching me, waiting for me to do something, I then kept paddling a bit to wait for the perfect wave to come up. I was just about to start paddling when I felt something rub up against my leg, I turned around to see what is was and saw a massive great white shark behind me. The shark than got caught in my leg rope and snapped it off, it then threw me into the water

As we made the long, blistering journey back to our boat we couldn’t help but distract ourselves of something in the shallow ends of the water. Our minds wondered what it could be as we came to a halt. Suddenly, a little head popped up. One by one an arm and leg seemed to appear. Until, at last, a wee figure rose from the crystal clear water. Droplets of the remaining ocean on his dark, shiny skin dripped into the

The air up there felt fantastic! All three of them loved the feeling of the air rushing in their faces. Bo and Fin had started to swim back down, but Mino stayed up for a while longer. After Bo and Fin dove down, they realized a boat was coming, recklessly fast too. Bo and Fin tried to scream Mino’s name and to acquire his attention, but he couldn’t hear them, for he still had his head poking out of the water. The boat was getting closer and closer, but there was nothing Fin and Bo could do but watch as the boat came flying by almost like it was coming in slow motion. Mino turned to start swimming back, as he turned he noticed the boat coming and his life flashed before his

The fascinating, open air swimming pool is located near a tremendous ocean with its beautiful view. Swimming pool is construct with the cool blue tiles that enhance the color of water in the pool. Day is not so hot due to slight breeze that touching the people faces softly. Water in the pool is blue as the sky and clean as the crystal. Cool blue Water of pool is soothing the eyes and refreshing mind and body. The place is busy and crowded with visitors. People there wanted to dive in the deep of water. Youngsters diving in the pool with eyes closed, arms outstretched feeling their heart before feeling the depth of water. Splashing of water on others seems very interesting and a great fun for children. They seems to enjoy splashing on their