The Tuesday Morning Swim Report -
Jim was in town so it was a twosome this morning. It was beautiful in Avila; 60°, sunny and calm with a flat and glassy ocean with 2' surf. The red tide was in near the shore on both sides of the Avila Pier with some spots that were almost clean. The water was nice between the 4th buoy on the left side and Fossil Point. Between there and the Poly Pier is was very nice as long as I was outside of the end of the Avila Pier, closer to shore anywhere between Fossil Point and the Poly Pier the water funked up.
On the upside the water was warm, 59° - 60° on the east side of the Avila Pier and 60°- 61° between the Avila and Poly Piers. As we were gettin gin there was a pod of dolphins well offshore heading towards Fossil Point.
We swam down the buoy line and over to Fossil Point. The leg from the point to the Poly Pier is about 1,400M. Jim's shoulder suggested that he go when we neared the Avila Pier.
Niel and Jim at Fossil Point
I was midway in along the Poly Pier when I took this photo of the Avila Pier and the clouds on the headlands.
From the second crossbars back to the buoy line I kept to the right and jogged around a anchored sail boat. As I was swimming along the buoys towards the Avila Pier something that was swimming parallel to me came up on my right. I first thought that it might be a dolphin but it was an otter, backstroking past me. What a showoff! I reached for my camera but that was too much attention, it rolled over and dived.
I'm leaving on vacation so my next swim at Avila will be on Thursday the 23rd.
niel
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