There was high thin clouds and it was kind'a cool at the beach. The waves had been big yesterday but were down to an occasional 4 to 5 footer today. The pier was still closed so I could not get an 'official' water temperature but the NOAA station on the Harford Pier had been reading 61 - 62 degrees over the last day. This is crazy warm for Avila Beach at this time of the year. Last December I recorded one 56 degree reading with the other four being 53. That is 8 or 9 degrees colder than this year!
The water looked OK but concerns about bacterial contamination after the heavy rains on Thursday evening keep us out of the water. My Blue Water Task Force volunteers collected their usual beach and creek samples on Thursday so we would have had some data to base our concerns on but a power outage in Avila Beach from Thursday evening until late Friday shut down the incubator at our lab and ruined all of the samples. The County will sample Avila and all of their other sites tomorrow. Their results will be posted Wednesday at http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/health/publichealth/ehs/beach.htm.
Niel, Dale and Rick sat on the beach and enjoyed the view. Rhonda, Jon and Roxy joined us.
Rain is forecast this coming week so we may not be getting in next Sunday either.
niel
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