Swim Avila - Open Water Swimming

Just two days before Halloween and we had a beautiful summer day at Avila Beach for today's swim.  It was sunny, calm, cloudless and war...

Rob and I met up for our last evening swim of the season. It was sunny, about 70 degrees and calm. I saw one otter along the buoy line on ...

Avila seemed to be its normal self when I arrived this morning.  It was sunny and calm, with no wind and some fog hanging way off over Pismo...

Ryan and I pulled up at the same time and the water looked fabulous so we decided to not wait and to just jump in.  The wind that had been b...

Niel, Sylvia, Rob and Duke swam today.  We all did the triangle route clockwise.  The water was 59 degrees with a small ripple that was push...

Rob and I swam this evening.  It was hot at Avila with an offshore wind that was veering from NE to NW.  There were some large waves but the...

I got to Avila about 10:30.  It was beautiful, clear sunny and just a bit cool from the wind off of the fog bank.  The water was calm with v...

I have missed several swims lately.  I was out of town last Sunday.  Rob, Ryan and I skipped Wednesday evening thinking that the creek flow ...

It was gray all of the way down to the horizon and all of the way around this evening.  The surf was not large but there was a minus tide at...

Avila Beach was a big surprise today.  I was expecting a foggy/gray/overcast day but it was sunny and warm when we got there.  There was a b...

Gerry and I swam today.  The early fog burned off before 11 and left it calm and sunny at Avila.  The surf was 1 to 2 foot, the water was ve...

Nobody swam this evening.  The wind was dying down and there were no birds or seals so conditions looked pretty nice, but I was the only one...

It was gray, overcast and cool at Avila this morning but the upside was that there was no wind, current or swell and just the typical 2 to 3...

Warm Wednesday's are back!  The water was 62.5, very clear and carnivore free.  I could see one pelican, a few gulls, one lonely seal an...

Today's conditions were a copy of yesterday's; a 57 degree water temperature, very little wind and almost glassy conditions at times...