Tuesday, September 16th, 2025

Tuesday's Swim With Even More Fog - 

At 6:50 this morning the fog was thick enough that I wasn't sure I would swim. I could not see the buoy line from the sidewalk. I decided to get in and see what the visibility was like from the #1 buoy. 

It was very still in the water. The water clean and 60° with no wind, swell or chop.  The surf was 2 foot with a pair of waves in each set that tried to be 3 footers. 

From #1 I could see the pier behind me and a lot of gray but not the second buoy in the line so I decided to swim around the pier. On my way to the end I thought about how many laps around the pier it would take to get my distance in. That sounded boring so I swam in past the #1 buoy on the west side and towards shore until I could see the beach. I swam parallel to the beach and past the mouth of the creek until I got to the kelp bed. From there I could see the first crossbars on the Poly Pier so I swam over to there. I was not liking all of the navigating this was requiring so I swam out to the end of the P Pier and back.  From the first crossbars on the P. Pier I tried to make a straight shot to the buoy line. The suns glow through the fog was very diffused which made navigating less precise so I wandered over the ocean a bit until the Avila Pier came out of the fog. 

I had a great swim. The fog kept my mind in close and it was very meditative.

I will be out of town and will next swim on Thursday of next week. There will be a lot to do that morning before I can swim so I'll get in the water at about 8.

niel