I used to play Skyrim when it first came out on the PS3 but quit due to the constant freezes (had about 150 hours in on game). Just came back to it, downloaded the latest patches, and everything is rolling smoothly. Until, that is, I try to reach the stone near Falkreath thagt on an island. The minute I jump in the water to swim over the game locks up. It's not just that area either, it's any time I go into any bit of water i can't wade through. I've only got about 20 hours in so save bloating isn't an issue. If anyone has an idea please help.

Old news, but here it is anyway:

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1364560-game-freeze-after-going-underwater/

Ignore what he says about patch 1.8 ,the latest patch is 1.9 (that's how old news this really is)

Oh, and DO NOT delete the save data, in the save data utility, it's the game data and updates in the PS3's Game Data Utility you want to delete.

You started a new character and now you are lv. 20 or you continue playing with your last character (that had over 150 hours in) ?????

Well, its really older than that, because the bug was first introduced at 1.5.

Pretty pathetic they will never fix it.