Swim Avila - Open Water Swimming

Getting Reacclimated -    The swimming conditions are back to our new 'normal' and last weekend's 'tropical' conditions ...

  Tom's Toes Tell A Sad Story - Similar, but different. I arrived at Avila at 900 AM. Like Monday there was a breeze blowing from the ea...

Looking west from Fossil Point towards the Avila Pier    It was a beautiful morning in Avila Beach today. It was clear and sunny, 52°, with ...

Tom's Monday Morning Swim Report -  Blue skies and breezy. There was a cool breeze blowing from east to west. The dimpled water was flat...

My Best Swim Since Last Summer -  I took the water temperature from the Avila Pier and read 58.5°. It was sunny and in the low 70's with...

57°! Paula, Jodi and Niel A couple of sunny days with temperatures in the upper 80's and the ocean warmed up to a nice swimming temperat...

  Sunshine for Tom's Toes! - Clear skies, sunny and warm. It was already 67° air temperature when I arrived at Avila at 920 AM. There we...

  Gray, Smooth, Flat and Chilly -  The air temperature was up to 62° at 7:30, compared to 47° on Tuesday, but all of the other conditions we...

Tom's Toes Say -  Heavy marine layer, flat dimple water and 2 to 3 foot waves rolling in.  The water quality was improved from Monday an...

  Avila was a nice place to swim this morning. The water was flat and clean with a small swell running. About one wave in 8 required some at...

Tom Lorish Swims In Sunshine! Clear but hazy skies, a cool breeze, and a little bit of rock 'n' roll.  The ocean was moving, rolling...

Very Physical Conditions -  There was partial sun and it was very windy in Avila Beach. The air temperature was 59° and the water was 51.5°....

Saturday morning the air temperature in Avila Beach was 55° with solid overcast, no sun, no horizon and a light wind. I measured a water tem...

Tom's Toes Say -  Glassy, flat, and calm. That was the water at Avila this morning. Another super low tide and heavy marine layer. My to...

I enjoyed a great swim today. The water was flat and 56° , clean and the swimming was easy. In October 2024 was the last time since I felt a...