Get your doctor’s permission to swim if you have been ill recently or are suffering from a chronic ailment.
Anyone in good health should know how to swim. Drowning ranks third among leading fatal accidents. Never take foolish risks.
The following are further suggestions:
First of all, find out whether or not the water you plan to swim in is polluted. You should feel free to ask the local council about the pools and beaches in its area.
Do not go into the water immediately after meals or when overheated or tired from exercise. Always come out before you get tired or chilly.
On a long swim, have someone row along beside you, or go with another good swimmer. Unless you both know lifesaving methods, swim parallel to shore or within rescue distance.
No matter how well you swim, stay very close to shore if you are swimming in an isolated spot.
Do not attempt a long swim on the first few days of the season. Your swimming muscles have lost their strength through the winter. Give them time to get strong again.
Before diving in a new place, test the water for depth and hidden logs or rocks. Do not risk a broken neck.
If you have trouble with your sinuses or ears, give up diving and underwater swimming. Water in the nose washes away protective secretions that help prevent infection. In addition, infections can wash into the sinuses through the nose or reach the middle ear through the Eustachian passage from the throat.
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