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Hawaii

My Oceanic State: The Salt Water Cure in Hawaii

My Oceanic State: The Salt Water Cure in Hawaii

“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.”
Isak Dinesen

 

I live about 3.5 hours away from the Pacific Ocean. Although the nearest body of water is a 2 minute drive from my home, it is a lake. There’s something very different from a lake to an ocean, aside from the obvious. The lake, although a wonderful source of inspiration remains relatively calm. No huge waves, no temperamental habits to report on daily. A most stable entity. The life the lake supports is fragile for sure but normally there are no secrets. It is a finite body of water to explore with limited mysteries and almost always solvable.

Panoramic of Sandy Beach

The ocean, on the other hand, supports massive creatures not to mention the entire planet. It is infinite with new discoveries made yearly. It is another world unto itself within our own.

I love the ocean. I need it. I need to see it at least a few times a year. I do pity those who don’t bother to venture to one nearest them.
It cures any Canadian sorrow of winter blues. It feeds. It starves. It calms. It soothes. It frightens. It connects. It divides. It is a muse and is a symbol of something to every person, culture and nation.

“If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn’t worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because it’s life or death.”
Morgan Freeman

 

North Shore, Turtle Bay, Surfer Watching

You can blame my overt romanticism on my astrological sign (Cancer, a crab) although before I understood what that even was I flipped through picture books with sharks of every shape and size. I pretended to be a mermaid with pink hair and blue tail of course. Nothing held my fascination more than the ocean unless it was dinosaurs and even then it was comprehending the impossible size of liopleurodon – think Jurassic World.

But as I snorkel the mere thought of a shark or massive creature larger than me strikes fear into my bones. I’ll be out of the ocean as fast as my arms can muster. But that’s what snorkeling is – an exciting and mysterious adventure where you’re not sure what you find but you’ll hope it’ll be worth mentioning…within reason.

 

“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
Jacques Cousteau

With every dark space flickering in between the flickering beams of sunlight you pause to take a breath and ask yourself, Do you feel lucky? And as it nears and your curiosity allows you to float closer your breathing becomes more erratic, your heart more thunderous in your waterlogged ears.

Then there it is.

The money shot.

 

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About Murissa

Murissa is founder of FoodieTown.ca, producer and host of The Okanagan Food Show Podcast, video editor and co-creator of the Foodie Card.

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4 comments

  1. AR International says:
    May 13, 2022 at 5:08 am

    Hy,
    What a wonderful experience is to swim in the ocean like a bird flying in the sky with no restrictions.

    Reply
  2. Hung Thai says:
    February 14, 2016 at 8:26 pm

    I’m basically a fish. I feel “out of water” on land. I just love being in the ocean and have done my fair share of snorkeling but since I picked up boogie boarding I can’t get enough of it. Just floating in the ocean waiting for a perfect wave is my kind of day!

    Reply
  3. Jenna says:
    February 2, 2016 at 3:57 pm

    I completely understand where you’re coming from. When I am at the ocean, I feel alive. It’s so refreshing for my soul. I wish I lived closer (I’m about 90 minutes away, sometimes longer).

    Reply
  4. Andi says:
    January 29, 2016 at 2:02 pm

    I feel the same about the ocean, and luckily except for my three years living near Lake Geneva in Switzerland, I have never lived too far from one. I cannot imagine living more than an hour away, yes another body of water can appease me for awhile, but I need the ocean – the waves, the saltiness, the unpredictability – or I have a hole in my heart!

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