A super day at Avila Beach. At 10:30 it was warm, 70+° with thin high clouds and a gusty offshore wind. Up next to the wall it was very comfortable. The water was 53°. The surf was larger than it has been, occasionally 6+ feet, but not as large as the west facing beaches were seeing. See Tom's report from Cayucos below.
Niel, Tiki and Jodi were ready to swim. I picked a route that would be shorter so we could take a bit of a break after the last couple of swims, but that didn't work out at all. We got in at 11.
Getting out through the surf was just a matter of timing. I have a nice memory but no photo of Tiki ahead of me disappearing through the curling lip of a 7 footer to pop out on the backside already stroking towards the next one. She will kill it at the Jr. Guards qualifications next month. The large swells were moving us around and the wind put a nice chop on the water. I starting to feel a bit used when I arrived at the end of the Cal Poly Pier and then saw the push we would be working into coming in along the pier.
This is at the second crossbars. You can tell the size of the swell by looking at the water levels along the pilings. That is Tiki on my left and directly ahead of me there is a dot just below the crest of that swell that is Jodi. When we regrouped at the second crossbars everyone was about how this leg felt that it was never going to end.
A post swim photo of the wind blowing the tops off of the waves.
The swell was supposed to start building around 1 o'clock but seemed smaller at 1 than it had been at 11.
Tom 's Report from his and Sue's swim in Cayucos;
Man, the surf was pretty effing giant at Cayucos. I can't recall the last time I was in surf that big. Getting out was challenging, getting in was a serious project. The power of the ocean was on full display. We navigated in and back out as needed to arrive safely back to shore. Wild!
I'll be back on Tuesday at 8.
niel
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