Meanings
- colloquialuncountableEmotional replenishment afforded by time spent at the beach (surfing, swimming, etc), viewed as therapeutic.
Sorry for the things I said when it was winter.. currently undergoing seahabilitation 🏝
2019 March 24, Hope Allen (@hopescope), Instagram photo2 more examples
The afternoon of my arrival, for example, I was involved in an extended session in some shoulder-high zippers in front of my campsite, a form of "seahabilitation," as my commercial fishermen friends refer to time offshore, [and] its cure-all therapeutic effects. […] The seahab effect of that marathon surf session was just kicked in when […]
2002 September 16, Allan Weisbecker, In Search of Captain Zero: A Surfer's Road Trip Beyond the End of the Road, Penguin, →ISBN, page 7It's indeed a time for a much-needed replenishment: some seahabilitation, if you will. A cerebral douche-like flushing of neurotransmitters in my smoke-, booze-, and heartache-soaked brain. To make the world seem new again. We descend into the silence (and then crash) together. I glance[…]
2018 September 12, Sean Phelan, Saltwater Redemption: A Shore Memoir, iUniverse, →ISBN
Origin
Blend of sea + rehabilitation.
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seahabilitation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seahabilitation
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