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Deep Blue: Why we love the sea
'. . . there is a quiet here that doesn't exist on land, a fluid suspension that reminds me that humans were never meant to be so rigid, so fixed in place. In the sea, we are both vulnerable and free . . .'
Deep Blue is a love letter to the sea, exploring humans' deep connection with the ocean and the bliss of swimming, diving, dipping and simply being in salt water.
Join Veruska De Vita, a learner free diver and open-water swimmer, as she delves into why the ocean calls to us. Along the way she talks to those who find healing and wellness in swimming groups and cold-water immersion, scientists who study complex marine environments, elite athletes who swim super-human distances along our coasts and free divers who plumb the depths with one breath.
Water is primordial. It gives life. It represents hope and renewal. This book is not only for sea worshippers. It promises to inspire everyone to jump with joy into the waves – and offers reflections on our intimate relationship with the sea, which supports life on earth and requests that we respect it.
Deep Blue is a love letter to the sea, exploring humans' deep connection with the ocean and the bliss of swimming, diving, dipping and simply being in salt water.
Join Veruska De Vita, a learner free diver and open-water swimmer, as she delves into why the ocean calls to us. Along the way she talks to those who find healing and wellness in swimming groups and cold-water immersion, scientists who study complex marine environments, elite athletes who swim super-human distances along our coasts and free divers who plumb the depths with one breath.
Water is primordial. It gives life. It represents hope and renewal. This book is not only for sea worshippers. It promises to inspire everyone to jump with joy into the waves – and offers reflections on our intimate relationship with the sea, which supports life on earth and requests that we respect it.
308 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 9, 2025
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October 4, 2025
A fascinating book educating the reader on many aspects concerning the conservation of our rivers, lakes, and especially oceans.
The author has consulted and met with many specialists in the fields of marine biology and environmental conservation to bring to us a wide and varied overview of the problems surrounding water pollution, and the preservation of marine ecosystems in the face of climate changes and widespread human exploitation. We are not only causing great damage due to plastic pollution and waste water discharge into the marine environment, but also depleting marine resources with our greed for money.
This is a plea for all of us to become aware and to take immediate steps to stop the degradation of our precious water resources.
Water is quite literally Life Giving. Without pure water we are doomed to the eventual annihilation of the human race.
“Only when the last tree has died, and the last river has been poisoned, and the last fish has been caught, will we realize that we cannot eat money.” (Cree Indian wisdom.)
The author has consulted and met with many specialists in the fields of marine biology and environmental conservation to bring to us a wide and varied overview of the problems surrounding water pollution, and the preservation of marine ecosystems in the face of climate changes and widespread human exploitation. We are not only causing great damage due to plastic pollution and waste water discharge into the marine environment, but also depleting marine resources with our greed for money.
This is a plea for all of us to become aware and to take immediate steps to stop the degradation of our precious water resources.
Water is quite literally Life Giving. Without pure water we are doomed to the eventual annihilation of the human race.
“Only when the last tree has died, and the last river has been poisoned, and the last fish has been caught, will we realize that we cannot eat money.” (Cree Indian wisdom.)
May 10, 2026
A nice, easy read with genuine love for the ocean running through it. I especially appreciated the author’s effort to raise awareness about marine life and our relationship with the sea 🪼
That said, I kept wishing the book would go a little deeper. It touches many interesting ideas, interviews, and environmental concerns, but rarely stays with them long enough to feel truly substantial.
Informative and heartfelt, but I wanted more depth beneath the surface.
That said, I kept wishing the book would go a little deeper. It touches many interesting ideas, interviews, and environmental concerns, but rarely stays with them long enough to feel truly substantial.
Informative and heartfelt, but I wanted more depth beneath the surface.
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