Swim Avila - Open Water Swimming

It was cool and overcast today and while I was driving to the beach I was passing in and out of rain showers. There was no rain once I par...

There was light rain falling as I drove to Avila at 5PM. It had slacked off to a mist by the time I got to the beach but there was a strong...

It was too hot to walk barefoot on the beach but plenty cold in the water today! The nearest ocean buoy was running about 50 degrees but it ...

I guess that you could say that we had spring conditions this evening. There was a stiff breeze that would gust hard enough to shake the pi...

We had a great day for a swim. It was really sunny and warm on the beach with a light wind blowing onshore. There was no real surf to speak ...

Rob and I met at 5:30 this evening for our Wednesday after work day swim. There was a light wind and a current from the east to the west an...

Today's water conditions were not like anything I have ever seen at Avila. The overcast was burning off, there was no wind, the water t...

Back In The Water Again - I think that it has been over two weeks since Avila Beach has been swimable. The rain has stopped and the water h...

On Friday the water off of Shell and Avila Beaches was dark brown with silty run off. The previous water quality advisory had been renewed ...

The first day of spring came in with heavy rain, high winds and conditions generally unfavorable to swimming in the ocean. The heavy rain i...

We had a real ocean swim for our first evening swim of the season. It was about 70 degrees and calm when I got to Avila. The waves were at...

The water was cold today! The reading from the the usual spot on the pier was 51.5. Our unscientific conclusion was that the tsunami tides...

2 of us met up for a swim today at 2pm. There were some good sized waves rolling through today, but unless you'd been watching the news ...

It was just Sylvia and I today. Rob was in Pasadena at the CalTech pentathlon and the dreary gray overcast wasn't encouraging. In spit...

The Saturday swim was excellent... we had 3 swimmers out, 2 swimming with us for the first time! The weather was great, the water was calm, ...