Saturday, June 22nd, 2024

Swimmers 52, Water Gods 0

Yesterday Toms toes told him the water was below 50° so we were expecting that Poseidon and Neptune would have taken up my challenge and really put the chill on us today with a forty something water temperature, but no, the water was 52°.  

There was fog thick enough to hide the end of the Poly Pier but lots of visibility closer in. Paula had raced yesterday and would race again Sunday so she wanted to go short. Tom was getting over a cold and was not sure how much gas he'd have once he got out there so we planned to swim a triangle or two. The air temp was 49°, there was a light wind and the surf was 1+ foot.  

We got in on the east side of the pier, swam under the pier and along the buoys to #4 near the creek mouth, ditched the swim plan and headed to the third crossbars on the Poly Pier. 

When I arrived Paula and Tom were up close and personal with the mussels, barnacles and anemones on the pier and Paula was explaining an aspect of marine biology to Tom.             

Be assured no wild marine life were harmed  

Paula, Niel and Tom 

The fog had closed in and we could not see the Avila Pier or the shore, so we swam back along the Poly Pier to the second crossbars, over to the buoy line and back to #1 on the west side. Paula went in. Tom and I swam to the end of the Avila Pier, to the #4 buoy on the east side and back more or less along the buoys to the pier. 

When we were near buoy #2 a pod of dolphins passed us on the right heading for the pier. They swung left across our path and disappeared into the fog. By the time I got the camera out they were gone. This was great. They looked just like this:🐬

I'll swim tomorrow at 11.

niel