Whitie Is Back In Town
On Thursday there was what the lifeguards termed a 'credible' sighting of a white shark near the end of the Avila Pier. No other sightings had occurred by Sunday and the beach wasn't closed so Niel, Jonny, Heidi and Duke got in and enjoyed the warmest water we have had this year. Since New Year's Day the water temperature had been between 49 and 53 and today I measured 55 degrees off of the Avila Pier. Spring conditions may be behind us!
It was warm in San Luis Obispo but surprisingly cool and foggy at Avila Beach. There were holes in the gray and a hint of wind so chances were that the wind would come up enough to clear off the fog.
There were a lot of seals on the rocks to the west of the creek mouth so we decided to do a mile on the left side of the pier.
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| Heidi, Duke and Jonny wading in. |
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| Heidi, Jonny, doing his shark imitation and Duke |
What a difference a few degrees and sunshine makes! We had wonderful swimming conditions with no sense of urgency to keep moving or to get out of the water. The wind did come up out of the SW, cleared out the fog and pushed up a 12" wind swell that was running towards the beach across our line, making things interesting.
We covered 1.01 miles and had a great time.
niel
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