Is swimming the ocean difficult? I learned to swim a year ago and this question has always popped in my head.?

Swimming in the ocean isn't difficult it's more of there is more going on and you can't just say I swim in a pool so the ocean will be easy. The ocean can pull you out from the shore in just minutes and you may not feel or you'll start swimming towards the shore and make no progress at all because of an underwater current. You could get slammed into a reef from the tide. Swimming in the ocean is not hard at all you just need to stay alert, make sure you can still see the shore, know what do in a situation like if an underwater current has you you swim left or right for a bit and then try to swim back into shore, and have fun out there it really is amazing. So don't let things worry you it may seem dangerous but having smarts about the ocean make it really easy and fun.

It's just like swimming in the rapids. You'll be fine.