Sunday, June 19, 2011

Sunday, June 19, 2011

It was gray, overcast and cool with a thick deck of clouds at Avila this morning. There was no wind and the ocean surface was either glassy or slightly rippled. The water was 55.5 and clear. We has a lone otter working the surf line who must of been finding some small clams or crabs to eat. There was no surf to speak of, just one wave large enough to get Rob completely wet and get him motivated as we were wading in. Sylvia and Yvonne went out early and did a long turn around the pier. Niel, Chad and Rob went out at 11 and swam down to the point and back. Without any sun the water felt colder than expected going out but became comfortable quickly. We swam 1.3K M in about 23 minutes. The sun broke through as we were finishing and by the time we had settled in our chairs it was sunny and warm on the beach.
We now have three buoys on each side of the pier, plus the single one our at the reef on the east side, so we again have a boat free swimming area defined near the beach. I'm giving Rob credit for the return of the buoys. About a week ago he sent a letter and a video to the harbor master that he shot after our Wednesday evening swim. It shoes a guy on a jet ski jumping waves in front of the yacht club. Glad we were already out of the water!

niel

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