Tom's Swim Report -
Heavy marine layer, 59° air temperature, with a decent breeze. That was Avila at 915 AM. See picture below. There was a pretty good chop on the water and a swell of about 3 feet. The water felt 53° again, which means Niel will tell me that it is 55. Those were the conditions on the last day of July.Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Tuesday, July 30th, 2024
This past week two seals have washed up on Avila Beach. The Marine Life Rescue folks say these two had experienced an encounter with a shark. The lifeguards say there have not been any recent sightings of sharks. And, the rescue folks have been seeing an unusually high number of seals with symptoms of domoic acid poisoning, especially for this early in the summer. The water at Avila does not have the red brown yucky cloudy appearance associated with a plankton bloom so there is or to learn about.
Monday, July 29, 2024
Monday, July 29th, 2024
It was a similar day, but different. Air temperature was 60° when I arrived at 915 AM. There was a heavy marine layer, and there was a slight breeze that created a bump on the water. More of a bump than I have seen in weeks. The water temperature dropped 2° from yesterday, down to 53° if my toes are to be believed. It was a good morning swim. I spoke to one of my dog walking friends, who is here several times a week and is a reliable source… She said there has been two seals that have washed in the past week or so. One down by fossil point that was decapitated and the other down by the creek mouth on the west side. Definitely something going on out there.
I don't know. At noon yesterday I was comfy in the water and measured 58°. Tom's toes are usually pretty accurate.....
and decapitated seals, but no sightings of the landlord......
niel
Sunday, July 28, 2024
Sunday, July 28th, 2024
Even the last bit along the west buoy line was bumpy. When I got out there were whitecaps at the end of the Avila Pier.
Next week. I'll swim Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 7AM and Sunday at 11AM
niel
Saturday, July 27, 2024
Saturday, July 27th, 2024
Friday, July 26, 2024
Friday, July 26th, 2024
We call it fog….
... when the marine layer is thick and low. See picture.Thursday, July 25, 2024
Thursday, July 25th, 2024
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Wednesday, July 24th, 2024
Tom's Wednesday Swim Report -
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
Monday, July 22, 2024
Monday, July 22nd, 2024
What you see is what I got… conditions remain similar to what they have been for the last couple weeks. Heavy marine layer, 59° air, 58° water, flat calm and nice swimming.
Sunday, July 21, 2024
Sunday, July 21st, 2024
This route was 1st buoy on the east, 4th buoy on the east, end of Avila Pier, 4th buoy on the west, 1st buoy on the west, end of Avila Pier, end of CP Pier, to the 2nd crossbars, to the 4th buoy on the west, to the 1st buoy on the east and in.
Saturday, July 20, 2024
Saturday, July 20th, 2024
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Thursday, July 18th, 2024
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Wednesday, July 17th, 2024
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Monday, July 15, 2024
Monday, July 15th, 2024
On a different topic, and hopefully blog master Niel will include this in the report… I want to recognize and acknowledge the amazing ocean swimming that Niel has been doing over the years and more specifically in these recent months. In case you missed it, he celebrated his 74th birthday by swimming 7400 meters. And has been regularly following that up with four and 5000 meter swims on a whim. He is an ageless wonder. And if he ever offers you one of his birthday brownies, except it! They are incredibly tasty.
Sunday, July 14, 2024
Sunday, July 14th, 2024
Saturday, July 13, 2024
Saturday, July 13th, 2024
Friday, July 12, 2024
Friday, July 12th, 2024
Tom's Swim Report -
Similar conditions to Wednesday at Avila this morning. Thick marine layer, slight breeze, water was calm with a small bump on it. My toes tell me the water temperature was 54, 55. The swimming was very nice.
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Thursday, July 11th, 2024
The weather at Avila is such that I could use one of Tom's recent posts for my swim this morning;
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Wednesday, July 10th, 2024
Tom's Swim Report -
Heavy marine layer at Avila this morning. Or was it high fog? Are they the same? I don't know. I do know the air temperature was 60° when I arrived at nine 9 AM. It was low tide and the water was mostly flat with a slight bump to it. See the picture – looking out to the rock buoy and Avila rock. The water temperature was 56° – and the clarity was excellent again after a weekend of murkiness. It makes me think that the warmer water and the murkiness are linked together. But, that is just speculation. The swimming was excellent, though.
Monday, July 8, 2024
Monday, July 8th, 2024
Tom Lorish's Swim Report -
Fog, fog, and more fog, with a cool breeze blowing on shore. Those were the conditions when I arrived at 9 AM. the water had a slight bump on it and was 56° on the east side, and 57 with some spots 58 on the west side. By the time I got out at 10:20, the fog was burning off. See before and after pictures. Good way to start the week.
Sunday, July 7, 2024
Sunday, July 7th, 2024
This photo of us at the end of the Poly Pier didn't capture the magnitude of the wind chop. The swim from the end of the Avila Pier to the end of the Poly Pier took me 28 minutes. The swim back took 16 minutes.
Saturday, July 6, 2024
Saturday, July 6th, 2024
I'm swimming tomorrow at 11.
niel