Enters slowly, splashing toes in sea (5,4)

I believe the answer is:

eases into

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'enters slowly' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'splashing toes in sea' is the wordplay.
'splashing' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'splashing of' mean this (I've seen this in other clues)).
'toes'+'in'+'sea'='toesinsea'
'toesinsea' with letters rearranged gives 'EASES INTO'.

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