Sunday, August 17th, 2025

When I arrived at 10:10 Avila was partially sunny with fog offshore. At 10:25 the fog had moved in to the beach. In another 15 minutes it had thinned and the wind was coming up. I saw Paula and a friend get out. I spoke to them briefly. I do not know what they did for a swim. Jim was ready to swim. His plan was to swim to Fossil Point, to Avila Rock, on to the end of the Poly Pier and back to the Avila Pier for about 2.5 miles. That would be a nice one but I had another swim in mind so we each did our own plan. The water temperature taken from the pier was 61°, which is the first time this year I've measured a water temperature above 59°. It was very comfortable out there today. 

I swam the west buoy line and on to the first crossbars on the Poly Pier, out to the end of the pier and back the way I came. Once the wind came up and blew the fog away a chop got up on the water. Swimming out along the P Pier was bumpy and uphill. The swim back was bumpy and downhill.  
       

I'm at the first crossbars on the Poly Pier.

I'll swim at 7 on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and at 11 on Sunday. It would be nice if the water temperature stayed above 60° for a while.

niel