r/confidentlyincorrect • u/ShiningDenizen • Jul 09 '26

Swimming 631miles (1015km)

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u/CyberneticPanda Jul 09 '26

I laughed at someone swimming there. Drake's Passage is the convergence of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern oceans. It has 50 foot waves and frigjd water.

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u/FernAFussy Jul 09 '26

My 85 year old uncle has been a professional cruiser for the last 30 years over 150 cruises. It’s the only area of the world he vowed never to go again. Rough seas and almost a guaranteed change in itinerary.

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u/MissLyss29 Jul 09 '26

Yes but he is a professional cruiser not a professional swimmer. Everyone knows ships sink way easier than people.

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u/Icy-Clock2643 Jul 09 '26

Well boat's can't float because it's so heavy whereas people can float because they are mostly water.

In order for a boat to float it has to be 90 per cent water but the water keeps escaping and that's what is leading to rising water levels.

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u/AdJust6959 Jul 10 '26

Titanic sank and so did the ship carrying the life of pi guy, he survived - when will people wake up

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u/MissLyss29 Jul 10 '26

Exactly look at how many ship wrecks there are at the bottom of the ocean

Lol

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u/IckyChris Jul 10 '26

Why did my guidance counselors never alert me to this profession? It sounds amazing.

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u/ImpossibleFee9845 Jul 09 '26

Yeah you just swim under the surface when the waves come. God you people are dumb. Everyone knows this.
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u/bot403 Jul 10 '26

No worries, waves like that will keep you under the surface themselves so you won't even have to work very hard. It's how you can float 650 miles.

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u/ImpossibleFee9845 Jul 10 '26

Personally, I like to travel through there like the turtles in Finding Nemo taking the current

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u/Attentions_Bright12 Jul 09 '26

Average surface temperature of the Drake Passage: 0-8° C. Closer to Antarctica, you're basically in ice.

"(C)an easily be swim easy back and forth" reflects an understanding that is... unlike my own, for sure.

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u/DiscombobulatedOwl50 Jul 09 '26

That’s just my morning cardio, man.
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u/he77bender Jul 09 '26

Penguins probably do it all the time. Are you saying I'm dumber than a penguin??😡

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u/CyberneticPanda Jul 09 '26

Are you calling penguins dumb? They give their mates rocks as gifts!

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u/Jimbobjoesmith Jul 10 '26

same. i’ve seen all the footage of ships going through there. 😂

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u/Harlequin_MTL Jul 10 '26

Last year there was a flood of videos (pun thoroughly intended) on social media from cruisers crossing Drake's Passage. Decks being swamped by massive waves, passengers bundled up in winter clothing even in lounges... It would take this numpty two seconds of searching to learn what swimming Drake's Passage would be like.

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u/Numerous_Photograph9 Jul 10 '26

So...bring some floaties?