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Showing posts with label Swimming. Show all posts

'MERMAID' performer (MeduSirena) Swimming at the Wreck Bar.

The Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel (formerly named Sheraton Yankee Clipper) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida was well known for their Wreck Bar, with portholes that gave visitors an underwater view of the hotel pool. "Mermaid" shows were performed back in the late 1950's & early 1960's. Now, 40 years later, a "mermaid" finally returns to the Clipper. Aquatic dancer & performer Marina the Fire Eating Mermaid (AKA- MeduSirena) now seen cruising the waters at the Wreck Bar weekly. Here is some older candid footage of the first attempts at restoring the art form & returning the hotel pool shows.



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Swimming Pool and Spa Water - 5 Simple Steps to Crystal Blue Water

The 5 simple steps to a crystal blue swimming pool and spa environment and the keys to enjoying your backyard oasis and investment each and every day.

#1 CIRCULATION - Moving water creates a clean and enjoyable swimming experience. Why? Because you'll get the most effective use of your sanitizer when you achieve circulation to every nook and cranny of your pool. The more movement your backyard oasis experiences, the harder it is for bacteria and algae to find a foothold, grow and set up housekeeping on the internal surfaces. The source of all circulation is the pump, which feeds the filtration system. As water passes into the filter system, cleaning begins, which is another beneficial byproduct of circulation. It's BEST to schedule circulation during daylight hours. Aim to have circulation for approximately 8 hours per day.

#2 FILTRATION - The filter in the equipment system is the piece of apparatus which accounts for your backyard oasis sparkling and clear appearance, removing both visible and invisible debris from the system. As the pump circulates freely, the water flows through the filter. Once the pump basket captures the large debris, water rushes into the filter, which traps microscopic particles. Over time the filters ability to remove microscopic matter diminishes as the filter media essentially becomes full. At this point the filter must be disassembled and the media cleaned.

#3 CLEANING - Daily scrubbing of you're the internal surface is not necessary but once a week brushing helps to free any debris that your filter or automatic cleaner might miss or leave behind. Brush steps, benches, walls and the floor. The physical movement on the surface eliminates lurking, unseen contaminants that increase the murky factor of your pool and spa.

#4 TESTING - Be proactive and you'll avoid clarity problems. TEST YOUR CHEMISTRY FREQUENTLY - At least 2 to 3 times per week. Nothing saves more money and time than preventing problems and nothing prevents problems better than testing frequently. When testing, examine pH and active sanitizer levels. By monitoring these two items at regular intervals, you'll soon discover patterns in your system. Also, regular testing allows you to detect how having lots of swimmers (versus only two or three) affects your chemical readings. As you respond to test results by adding the appropriate chemical treatment product, you'll learn how to gauge how each product affects the chemical balance.

#5 MAINTENANCE - Maintaining a crystal clear swimming and spa environment isn't magic. The secret hinges upon adding the right products at the right time in the right amounts. The keys to maintenance are Sanitization, Oxidation / Shock, Algae Prevention and Chemical Balance. When you master the basics, your investment rewards you with a sanitary environment, the cornerstone of a refreshing swimming and relaxing experience. Balancing the chemistry also protects your equipment and internal surface; unbalanced chemistry can actually damage both items permanently.

Master these five steps and enjoy your swimming pool and spa each and every day! Ignore these simple key items and plan on sending more time maintaining than relaxing.

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Swimming with dolphins in Florida

If you swim with bottlenose and spotted dolphins, both trained and wild, the Florida coast is an ideal destination. Porpoises and dolphins are sighted most gentle and intelligent mammals next to people and even more so when you meet them. You can swim with dolphins when you visit them in Florida, Key Largo, Key West and Miami, Fort Lauderdale.

You can choose between shallow-water swim experience of trained dolphins andDeep-water encounters with wild dolphins. In shallow water enclave, you can spend time at work with a trainer from a platform, like the dolphins tricks on command. You can also swim with the dolphins, as they will not toe presses and rubs against the body. You can enjoy dorsal fin rides and snorkel with them.

Once the training of dolphins swim in captivity gives you an understanding of behaving like the dolphins in a controlled environment, you can go wild dolphin encounter. They must go into find the sea in a boat with an experienced guide and captain, pods of wild bottlenose dolphins.

There are several facilities in Florida that offer the opportunity to swim with dolphins, both trained and wild. Such a facility is Dolphins Plus, a dolphin research and education facility located south of Miami in Key Largo. Dolphins Plus houses 14 Atlantic bottlenose dolphins.

In the Florida Keys, there have three bodies, registered by lawYou the opportunity to swim and interact with dolphins - Theater of the Sea, Dolphin Plus and Dolphin Research Center.

There are structured and unstructured swimming with dolphins programs. In the structured program can be a front and personal dolphin experience. You can swim, dance, kiss, and enjoy a dorsal tow with the dolphins. This swim is guaranteed to contact with the dolphins.

Pregnant women are not allowed in the water.

The non-structured swim is onlymeant for snorkelers who feel the deep water well. As the dolphins are not trained in these sessions can contact not be guaranteed. The Dolphins set the pace, and contact with them.

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