The group got in at 7:35. It was 53°, gray and drizzly, with a breeze out of the SE that had pushed up a bit of chop. The water was 52° but would feel a degree or two colder due to the wind and the lack of any sunshine. The surf was small and the water was nice and clean. We decided to do a triangle or two. After last weekend's water temperatures in the high 50's we were all a bit startled when we grouped up at the first buoy. We swam east along the buoy line and completed a triangle. There was a sailboat moored near the mouth of the creek. We swam past it on the west side, spoke to the owner, he was from Alaska, to the 4th buoy on the west side and back to the pier. At that point Paula went in and the three of us continued to the 4th buoy on the east side, to the end of the Avila Pier and in. The cold water emersion group was getting out at the same time we did. The sun was peaking out when we were at the showers.
Looking at my notes, last year it was late June when we saw water temperatures stick above 55°, so we will have another month of cold water swimming until summer conditions arrive.
Paula, Jodi, Tom I., and Niel at the 4th buoy
on the east side of the Avila Pier
The lifeguards were training the new recruits. They all ran down the beach until they were even with the 4th buoy on the west side, swam out to the buoy and back to the beach, ran up the beach to touch the seawall, ran back to the water, turned left and ran down the beach until even with the third buoy and did it again, and continued for all of the 8 buoys.
I'm planning on swimming tomorrow at 11. It will be nice is there is some sun.
niel
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