ireland|Japan International Open Water Swimming Association|Kumejima Island|Kumejima Open Water Swim|Okinawa|Sandycove Island|Yutaka Shinozaki

When the ocean water is cold or coolish, we find ourselves looking forward to sight or looking across the ocean surface when we breath. There is a tendency to not look down when we swim. Our eyes, of course, are not necessarily closed, but we tend not to be focused on the depths below. There…