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Open Water Training Swim...Whoaa Nelly!

Have my first Tri of any kind coming in September in Delaware. It is a sprint Tri with 0.5 mile open ocean swim, 16-mile bike and a 5k run. Like most Tri folk, the bike and the run are second nature, but the swim is a little foreign, especially after I practiced in the ocean this weekend.
Maybe I wasn't swimming far enough out, but the wave rolls were pretty interesting to contend with, and that is without another couple hundred people trying to do the same thing in the same place. I found it really hard to freestyle without my head above water. Any tips on open ocean swimming would be great, total newb here...
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