Sunday, September 7th, 2025

I was the only one swimming today. I got in at about 10:50. The water looked nice, the wind was coming up and the surf was down to 2 foot. It didn't look too bumpy out there. It was 70° on the beach and the water was 60°.

There was a huge raft of birds a good ways out past the end of the Avila Pier. As I was getting ready they began a feeding frenzy and drifted towards the Avila Rock.  By the time I was walking in the Avila Rock was in the middle of the scrum.  I thought if I swam around the reef buoy and headed towards the Poly Pier I would stay out of the bird action. After I had passed the Avila Pier the cormorants found me and for most of the way to the Poly Pier they were circling around me thinking I was going to scare up something for them.         

The chop worsened as I got closer to the P Pier so I focused on how it would be riding the push from the chop on my way in along the pier. 

At the end of the Poly Pier.

The push was nice but the chop was building up and coming in along the buoy line it was still bumpy. 

This coming week I'll swim on Tuesday at 7, Thursday at 7:30 to 8 , Saturday at 7 and Sunday at 11. 

The water temperature will drop 5 to 8 degrees between Halloween and Thanksgiving so I want to get in all of the time in the water that I can before it is back to winter conditions. 

 

niel