A Quick Start Followed By Great Swimming -
When I arrived in Avila at 6:40 it was calm, sunny, 55°, and looked like the start of a beautiful summer day. I had checked the surf report and a large south swell was predicted but the water in Avila was pretty flat with 2 to 3 foot waves. When I walked in the water felt warm, I'd measure a 63° water temperature while I was swimming. When I was chest high a 3+ foot wave came through and the next one had a face that was taller than I am. I swam under it, surfaced and found that that one had a bunch of friends. I think there were 5 or 6 5 to 6 footers before the waves went down and I got out to the buoy line. Today's waves were not packing the energy typical of waves from winter storms so it was easier to swim under them.
I swam down the buoy line to the east. When I was at the 4th buoy Jim swam up next to me. We swam to the end of the Poly Pier. Jim swam in to the beach and I went to the end of the Avila Pier, to the second crossbars on the Poly Pier, to the 4th buoy on the west side and along the buoys to the #1 buoy on the east side.
Niel and Jim at the Poly Pier
I'll not swim on Thursday morning but I will be back at 7 on Saturday.
niel
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