What year did "Jaws" come out? "Jaws 2"?

Anyways, back in 1977 or 78, I was 13 or 14, and was in the Los Angeles County summer Junior Lifeguard program. We basicly met everyday on the beach from 8am to noon learning about the beach, lifeguarding, and competing. The swims that we went on were sometimes 300 yards or so out into the ocean, around a buoy, and back.

After seeing one of the Jaws movies...it made me swim faster.