We have been having warm Wednesday's but tonight was a topper. With an air temperature in the upper 80's or low 90's and a water temperature of 61 degrees Avila Beach was a great place to be this evening. I do not know if I have ever experienced a 10 degree change in water temperature in 3 days. Swimming were Amy, Niel and Kim, who we have not seen in a while. Kim had 3 friends join her who were new to ocean swimming. There had been two jet skis operating at high speed on both sides of the pier and behaving very badly, but it appeared that they had quit for the day as we were getting into the water. Boy, did 61 degrees feel comfy! Kim's friends had not shown up yet so she headed back in to wait for them once we reached the buoy line. Amy and I swam down to Fossil Point, stopping every buoy to see if the water bikes were back. With no sign of them we decided to continue on to the point. There was a steady breeze out of the SW so we had a current and small chop at our back on the way down and to work into on the way back. As we approached the first buoy near the pier we had an encounter with a surprise guest swimmer. Rob Dumouchel had an evening class cancel so he boogied to the beach. Good decision! School is just about done and he has resisted the idea of summer school so we should be seeing more of him at the beach.
Amy and I covered just short of a mile. We were in the water for 40 minutes which included hanging out with Rob at the first buoy for 5 minutes of more.
It is supposed to be a lot cooler Sunday but I'm hoping that the water temperature will hang on to some of this heat for a few days.
niel
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