Thursday, July 2nd, 2026

A Martini Before Breakfast - 

The red funk was mild and limited to the area inside the end of the Avila Pier. It was overcast, 59°, calm with small surf. There was a slight offshore wind. The water temperature was up to 58°.

I wanted to stay outside of the red funk so I did the Martini Route. Tom Lorish christened this route because it looks like a Martini glass. One Martine equals an Ironman Swim of 2.4 miles. Go around the glass three times and you have a Triple Martini which is 10K.  

I'm at the Avila Rock

Then at the end of the Poly Pier

I had a very nice swim.

The Saturday Group will swim at 7.

niel

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2026

Tom's Wednesday Swim Report -

It is July 1st and the June gloom is… Still here. The weather and nature don't care what the date is. The water was glassy and flat, and the red funk was mostly gone. The air temperature was high 50s and the water temperature was 54 to 55°.  It was excellent midweek morning vitamin.