However, one of the most overlooked aspects of open-water swimming is navigating turn buoys. Buoys come in all shapes and sizes, but they're all used to mark the course that triathletes are racing.

Pictured at Kells Bay, Cahersiveen, Kerry on Thursday at the launch of the HSE/ Cork Kerry Community Healthcare Swim distance marker buoys. Photo by Don MacMonagle. The HSE’s Cork Kerry ...

Key West resident Pedro Lara takes selfie in front of the Southernmost Point in the USA monument as waves from Hurricane Irma ...

KURE BEACH, N.C. (WECT) - The Kure Beach Fire Department announced on Aug. 1 that it has installed rescue buoy marker signs at 12 of the beach ... ease into that direction instead of swimming directly ...

Even if you are not a boater, the buoy may serve you. This visual marker with its gentle fog horn and blinking light welcomes vessels approaching Santa Cruz from offshore.” After hearing from ...

The new swim distance markers have been placed at 100 metre intervals ... to identify and explain how to use the swim distance buoys.

Even if you are not a boater, the buoy may serve you. This visual marker with its gentle fog horn and blinking light welcomes vessels approaching Santa Cruz from offshore.” After hearing from the ...