The harbour in Chapel's Cove, Conception Bay was very calm the day I was there and capelin were spawning on the beach. A fishermen using a small seine net was trying his skill at throwing it in the middle of a small school of capelin. He was successful and caught quite a few. Traditionally, when a person with such a net is on the beach, he shares his catch with anyone who wants some of these small fish.
When I was a kid, I swam in the ocean every summer and don't remember it being "freezing". One day a few years ago I ran into the ocean and dived under, but was out as quickly as I went in. I didn't stay in the water long enough to adjust to the cold. The temperature of the ocean around here in late summer is around 10°C (50°F), a bit too cool for me at my age.
Imagine getting doused with icy water on a hot summer day. That's what's happening as the young people in the third photo as a wave breaks on the rocks behind them. The photographer in the last image is taking a chance on ruining her camera with salt water. I walked by the same spot but had my camera safely stored in my camera bag.
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