International Federation of Professional Ocean Swimmers and Divers

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Fidel Castro celebrating the Swim for Peace, sanctioned by the International Federation of Professional Ocean Swimmers and Divers, by Walter Poenisch in 1978, together with Fay Poenisch

noun - The International Federation of Ocean Swimmers and Divers is an organization that set and monitored the rules of a swim across the Straits of Florida from Cuba to Florida by Walter Poenisch in 1978 under the leadership of J. Marvin Mims.

Rules

The rules of the International Federation of Ocean Swimmers and Divers for swims across the Straits of Florida are as follows:

  • Fins are allowed
  • Snorkel is allowed
  • Shark cage is allowed
  • Getting out of the water four times for no longer than five minutes at a time to administer emergency medicine, receive critical nourishment, or for any reason that directly threatened the life of the swimmer

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