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I was thinking about Jaw too. I was raised in Houston so we were only 50 miles away from the Gulf of Mexico. The movie, Jaws, effectively ended my wading/swimming days in the gulf.

Well, it was Jaws and also the fact that you could catch largish sharks (4-5 feet) near the middle of the fishing pier that extended into the gulf. The water depth would be the same there as it was when we waded out into waist high water.

Dum dum dum dum dum dum dum....

Your post echos my sentiments exactly. I have not been in the water since Jaws. Even though I play the tape for my children before each trip to the beach and dum dum dum dum as we cross the Florida line, they still swim in the surf. I'm content playing Chief Brody on the beach watching for anything suspicious.

I was at Navarre Beach, FL during the filming of Jaws 2. Strapped to a pier was a 10 foot hammerhead that some fishermen has just caught. I couldn't believe people were swimming nearby. I also spoke with a gent who flies a small plane with banner advertising along the beaches. He stated that from his viewpoint he regularly saw numerous sharks swimming alongside the fools in the water.