Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Tuesday, May 13th, 2025

Looking west from Fossil Point towards the Avila Pier 
 
It was a beautiful morning in Avila Beach today. It was clear and sunny, 52°, with no wind, clean water and small waves. I swam from the end of the Avila Pier to the Poly Pier and back, then over to Fossil Point and back.  

With the cooler weather I was expecting the water temperature to be below the 55° that Tom Lorish reported yesterday morning. Wading in was OK but my hands and face told me the water temp was in the low 50's.  A quarter of the way to the Poly Pier the temp dropped one to two degrees and I began thinking that this would be a shorter swim than I had planned. I was more comfortable when I turned around at the P Pier. Coming back I was anticipating the temperature drop but it never happened. The water felt more like the mid 50's on the east side of the Avila Pier. On my way in I measured 55° at the buoy line. I don't know were the colder water was for the second half of my swim.  55° was fine by me.

Off of Fossil Point

The water was glassy the whole way except for some swell bouncing off of Fossil Point. 
And it was sunny and warm at the showers. 

I'll swim Thursday at 7 and Saturday at 7:30 with Tom Israel, Jodi and Paula. 

niel

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