"I am seeing" vs "I see"

[Brprasad]

Thnak in advance for the replies.

If I stand in a sea shore then which one of the following sentence is correct:
1) This is the first time I am seeing a sea.
2) This is the first time I see a sea

[Mister Micawber]

This is the first time I have seen the sea.
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[James]

1. If I stand on a seashore then which one of the following sentences is correct?

2.
1) This is the first time I have seen the sea.
2) This is the first time I see the sea.

[James]

Oops! You are a second ahead of me, Mister Micawber.

[Mister Micawber]

The verb in #2 is still wrong, James.
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[James]

Oh, yes, Mister Micawber, and others in the interrogative sentence.