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n. 1 An expanse of an ocean, sea, or large lake which is distant from shore and devoid of nearby islands or other obstructions. 2 In a river, pond, or other small body of water, an area of surface unobstructed by aquatic vegetation, boulders, and the like, adequate for navigation or swimming. 3 (context chiefly Canada English) An area of an ocean, sea, lake, or river which is not covered by ice.
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Open Water is a 2003 American psychological horror drama film. The story concerns an American couple who go scuba diving while on holiday in the Caribbean, only to find themselves stranded miles from shore in shark-infested waters when the crew of their boat accidentally leaves them behind. The film is loosely based on the true story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan, who in 1998 went out with a scuba diving group, Outer Edge Dive Company, on the Great Barrier Reef, and were accidentally left behind because the dive-boat crew failed to take an accurate headcount. The film was financed by writer/director Chris Kentis and his wife, producer Laura Lau, both avid scuba divers. The film cost $500,000 to make and was bought by Lions Gate Entertainment for $2.5 million after its screening at the Sundance Film Festival. Lions Gate spent a further $8 million on distribution and marketing. The film ultimately grossed $55 million worldwide (including $30 million from the North American box office alone).
Before filming began, the Lonergans' experience was re-created for an episode of ABC's 20/20, and the segment was repeated after the release of Open Water. Clips from the film were also featured on NBC in "Troubled Waters", a Dateline episode (July 7, 2008) with Matt Lauer interviewing two professional divers, Richard Neely and Ally Dalton, who were left adrift at the Great Barrier Reef by a dive boat on May 21, 2008.
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
Open Water is the fourth regular studio album by German pop singer Sasha, released by Warner Music on March 3, 2006 (see 2006 in music) in German-speaking Europe.
Although the album charted significantly higher than its predecessor Surfin' on a Backbeat (2001) throughout Europe, reaching number seven on the German Albums Chart and the top forty in Austria and Switzerland, it failed to match its sales, eventually becoming Sasha's lowest-selling album, to date. Open Water produced two singles only, including "Slowly" and "Goodbye."
Usage examples of "open water".
Boris let the babble go on while he disengaged himself fully from Brenda and got the boat moving, away from the island and into open water.
One of you must run for the open water of the Mediterranean and sail on to Rome.
Under the other side of the dome there was a lake of faintly steaming open water, its surface a white sheen lined by waves that broke on the near shore.
Bearing her over his shoulder he staggered to the nearest barge, his lungs laboring as he dodged among the piled cargo on its deck, heading for the far rail and open water.
Between Arran Head and the city of Illian lay a hundred leagues of open water, across the mouth of Kabal Deep, where, ship captains in Illian said, their longest sounding lines could find no bottom just a mile or so from the shore.