Sentence examples for proficient swimmers from inspiring English sources

Most often found in proximity to water, they are also proficient swimmers.

Terrestrial pythons are regularly found near water and are proficient swimmers, but they hunt and eat almost exclusively on land.

River otters hunt more effectively in shallow water than in deep water, and, although they are proficient swimmers, all prefer slow-swimming species of fish.

Helen Crooks Pollock beach The tidal pool on this beach attracts a lot of people, especially those couples with younger children who are not proficient swimmers.

But the authors cautioned that swimming lessons alone "will not prevent drowning and that even the most proficient swimmers can drown".

Over time, bathers became more proficient swimmers, and competitive individuals practiced the activity as a codified sport.

He was also a proficient swimmer and narrowly failed to qualify for the 1956 British Olympic team, something he greatly regretted.

Although she is a swimsuit model, she is not a proficient swimmer because of her aquaphobia.

Becoming a proficient swimmer will help your triathlon performance overall, but keep in mind that the swim is the shortest (and some would say least significant) portion of the triathlon.

On a 'medium-sized' river (that a proficient swimmer could swim across safely and easily), a group of average-fitness people can paddle up to about 20 kilometers (12 mi) in a day comfortably.

He said there could be a 3ft (1m) difference between the the top of a sand-bar and the trough and added: "An increase of depth of 3ft to a non-proficient or non-swimmer can be really significant". Mr Addington also said because Camber was a "shallow, shelving beach", the tide could go out and race in extremely fast - faster than someone could walk quickly.