Question:What is a Wade-in?

v. , wad·ed , wad·ing , wades . v.intr. To walk in or through water or something else that similarly impedes normal movement. To make one's way arduously: waded through a boring report. v.tr. To cross or pass through (water, for example) wi...

A Wade-in is a popular, but unscientific check of water clarity. Participants walk into the water until they can no longer see the tops of their sneakers, then measure and record the depth. While Wade-ins provide a one-day snapshot of water...

A Wade-in is a popular, but unscientific check of water clarity. Participants walk into the water until they can no longer see the tops of their sneakers, then measure and record the depth. While Wade-ins provide a one-day snapshot of water...

Is it dangerous to wade in the San Diego beaches?

Q: For those of you from here or have been here, we've been going to OB (Ocean Beach) the part where you can climb down the rops (or where it used to be anyways) And during low tide you can go out in the water pretty far and wade thru the rocks and stuff? I was just wondering if its dangerous as far as maybe sharks, stingray and stuff. There's a lot of sea weed, so I'm not really sure what kind of creatures hide in there. Is it too shallow for sharks? I'm trying to overcome my fear of going out to where i can't touch, but the sea weed and not knowing whats there REALLY freaks me out. I would really like to over come this fear and think that by understanding the waters better would definately help me. I'd also like to start snorkeling. If anyone knows of a great local website too, that'd be great! This is not just for OB either, for the general area.

A: Been living here thirty years or so, and can't remember hearing of any shark attack. About once a decade someone will report seeing a great white shark but no evidence, so might be someone's imagination working overtime. There are leopard sharks and lemon sharks but that's not a concern really. What does hurt, and are around in spades are jellyfish. I stepped on a part of a dead one once on the beach and that hurt really bad for a long time. There's an easy solution to that, which is to not go barefoot...get some kind of aqua booties...usually cost you about ten bucks, have a shoe like bottom and wetsuit type stretchy material on top. You just slip them on and off. Will give you better traction where you stand as well as provide some protection for stepping on jellyfish or coral...or discarded needles...or whatever.Hey, there's always a little danger associated with the ocean, but for the great majority of people, the greatest harm will come from sunburn.