Open water may refer to:
- Open Water (film), a 2003 film about a couple that were accidentally left behind by their scuba diving group
- Open Water (album), a 2006 album by the German singer Sascha Schmitz
- Open-water diving, a place without boundaries where you can dive (sea or lake)
- Open Water Diver, a scuba diving certification level provided by several training agencies
- Open water swimming, an activity in which people swim in large, outdoor bodies of water such as oceans, bays, lakes and rivers
- Water (obstacle), open water jump: an obstacle found in the equestrian sport of show jumping
Famous quotes containing the words open and/or water:
“Manuel showed her his open hand: “Look at this finger, how meager it seems, and this one even weaker, and this other one no stronger, and this one all by himself and on his own.”
Then he made a fist: “But now, is it strong enough, big enough, solid enough? It seems so doesn’t it?””
—Jacques Roumain (1907–1945)
“When people are true friends, even shared water tastes sweet.”
—Chinese proverb.