Jodi, Tom and Niel waded in at 7:30. The air temp was 48° with a solid cloud cover and maybe a peek of sun. There was a light offshore wind that was pushing the smell of breakfast cooking at the Custom House out to sea. The big swell had not shown up yet. There were pairs of 4 to 5 foot waves with long sets of 3 footers in between. Time your commitment correctly and getting out was straightforward. We have had enough winter surf that the bottom is now a series of parallel trenches and walking out is a hike over knee deep spots and chest deep holes.
We began with the 1000M leg from the #1 buoy on the west side of the Avila Pier to the end of the Poly Pier. Then a longer leg over to and around the reef buoy and finished by swimming back along the buoys to our starting point on the west side of the Avila Pier. We turned to go in just as the largest waves of a set came through so we got in gear and swam directly to the beach.
Jodi, Tom and Niel at the end of the Poly Pier
I'll be out of town tomorrow through next Saturday so my next swim will be Sunday the 29th.I may be able to get in the water with the Kelp Krawlers in Pacific Grove or Monterrey while we are there.
niel
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