I don't know what I would do if I did not see the ocean every day. I have grown up seeing the Pacific daily. Now I also get to swim in it more often.
It is a big part of my attraction to Hawaii. I am so happy that Nanilei is enjoying it too.
She knows it is an irrational fear, she used to swim in the ocean when she was a kid, but as an adult she became fearful.
I am hopeful she has it completely licked soon!
I swam in the ocean when I visited Hawaii, although I am hesitant about it. It bothered me more swimming at the beach by the hotel, actually, than swimming in deeper water on a snorkeling excursion. Swimming from the boat just seemed safer, somehow, than swimming from shore. Irrational, but true.
I guess the waves bother me, and the potential for rip currents, in the beach situation. Oddly, I'm more worried about being attacked by sea critters at the beach, too. I never gave it a thought while snorkeling....