Swimming conditions this morning excellent; flat, glassy and windless. The water temperature varied from 57° to wake up 55°. The air temp was 50°. At 7 Avila was a hole in a wall of fog. The clouds were hanging onto Fossil Point but we could easily see Avila Rock and all of the Poly Pier. I suggested swimming to the rock but we decided not to because instead of burning off the fog could close down. We decided to swim to the first crossbars on the Poly Pier, to the end of the pier and to loop back via the end of the Avila Pier and the kelp patch at the end of the beach. This route would give us lots of alternat routes if the fog closed in.
Tom, Niel and Jodi at the first crossbars along the Poly Pier.
The view looking the opposite direction back towards the Avila Pier.
When we stopped at the end of the Poly Pier the fog had closed in and all we could see of the Avila Pier was a darker smudge in the fog. The sun was obscured but bright so we headed towards the Avila Pier by keeping the sun on our right shoulders.
We found the end of the Avila Pier without trouble and continued on to round the reef and kelp patch, come back along the buoy line and in to shore.
As we were getting out the navigation conditions had completely changed.
I'll swim tomorrow at 11.
niel
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