Avila Beach was 45° and gray this morning. There was a light wind and the surf was up some with 4 foot sets. I decided to do Tom's fog route, which is back and forth along the buoy line with legs around the pier. I spent some time working through the surf and didn't pay much attention to the water temperature. Once I started swimming my estimate of the temperature started at 50° and kept getting revised downward. When my guess at the water temperature was 47° to 48° I was feeling cold and got out.
I could be off on the water temp. I had a very lean dinner last night and I may have started out short on calories and just ran out of fuel.
I had a good swim,. Getting out through the waves required working out and in until I could sprint out during the lull between the sets and hope to not get caught by the first waves of the next set. It was fun. Coming in my timing was perfect and I swam directly to the beach.
I'll see how things are on Thursday.
niel
