HEY JEN, SUNNY WILLIAMS TELLS ME TODAY THAT WHEN SHE WAS IN SPACE FLYING OVER BUZZARDS BAY, SHE WOULD LOOK DOWN AND SHE WOULD SAY, I CAN’T WAIT TO GET BACK THERE AND SWIM. NOW IT’S A LITTLE CHILLY TODAY WITH WATER TEMPERATURES 58 DEGREES, BUT THERE WAS A SPECIAL SWIMMER IN BUZZARDS BAY. OF COURSE, HER NAME IS ASTRONAUT SUNI WILLIAMS, DRESSED IN A WETSUIT AND SWIM CAP. EARLY THIS MORNING. SUNNY IS WITH HER SISTER DINA AND HER GROUP THAT SWIM YEAR ROUND IN BUZZARDS BAY. AFTER SPENDING NINE MONTHS IN SPACE. SUNNY TELLS ME SHE WANTED TO GET BACK TO THE CAPE FOR HER FAVORITE ACTIVITY ON EARTH. SWIMMING IS ABSOLUTELY AT THE TOP. IT JUST SORT OF LETS YOU GET INTO YOUR OWN ZEN, YOUR OWN MODE. AND ONE REALLY NICE THING ABOUT IT BEING THIS COLD STILL IS. THE WATER IS REAL CLEAR. NOW SUNNY AND THE GROUP ENJOYED A MILE AND A HALF SWIM THIS MORNING. IT TOOK THE GROUP ABOUT 45 MINUTES. NOW SUNNY SISTER DINA SWIMS A COUPLE OF TIMES A WEEK WITH THIS GROUP IN WEST FALMOUTH. THEY CALL THEMSELVES THE CHOPPY SWIMMERS AS THEY SWIM OFF CHAPPAQUIDDICK ISLAND AND HAVE FOR YEARS. WHEN SHE’S NOT SWIMMING, SUNNY SAYS SHE LOVES CROSSFIT, WEIGHTLIFTING AND RUNNING ALL TO STAY IN SHAPE AS A NASA ASTRONAUT. AFTER TODAY’S SWIM, SUNNY IS HEADED FOR LOGAN AND A FLIGHT BACK T

Astronaut Suni Williams dives into Buzzards Bay after 286 days in space

Astronaut Suni Williams, a Massachusetts native, took a break on Memorial Day to enjoy a swim in Buzzards Bay after spending 286 days aboard the International Space Station.”I think I want to jump in the ocean, take a chill pill for a little bit,” she said on May 15. About two weeks later, the water temperature was 58 degrees and the skies were clear, making it a perfect day for a swim. Williams, dressed in a wetsuit and swim cap, joined her sister Dina and a group of year-round swimmers known as the Chappy Swimmers for a mile-and-a-half swim off Chapoquoit Island in West Falmouth.”Swimming is at the top. It gets you into your Zen, your own mode,” she said. “One really nice thing about being this cold still is the water is real clear.”The swim took the group about 45 minutes to complete. Dina Williams swims a couple of times a week with the Chappy Swimmers, who have been swimming off Chapaquoit Island for years. When not swimming, Suni Williams enjoys CrossFit, weightlifting and running to stay in shape as a NASA astronaut.After Monday’s swim, Suni Williams planned to head to Logan Airport for a flight back to the Houston area and NASA, but she will return to Cape Cod this summer.

BOURNE, Mass. —

Astronaut Suni Williams, a Massachusetts native, took a break on Memorial Day to enjoy a swim in Buzzards Bay after spending 286 days aboard the International Space Station.

“I think I want to jump in the ocean, take a chill pill for a little bit,” she said on May 15.

About two weeks later, the water temperature was 58 degrees and the skies were clear, making it a perfect day for a swim.

Williams, dressed in a wetsuit and swim cap, joined her sister Dina and a group of year-round swimmers known as the Chappy Swimmers for a mile-and-a-half swim off Chapoquoit Island in West Falmouth.

“Swimming is at the top. It gets you into your Zen, your own mode,” she said. “One really nice thing about being this cold still is the water is real clear.”

The swim took the group about 45 minutes to complete.

Dina Williams swims a couple of times a week with the Chappy Swimmers, who have been swimming off Chapaquoit Island for years.

When not swimming, Suni Williams enjoys CrossFit, weightlifting and running to stay in shape as a NASA astronaut.

After Monday’s swim, Suni Williams planned to head to Logan Airport for a flight back to the Houston area and NASA, but she will return to Cape Cod this summer.