Swim Avila - Open Water Swimming

Thanks to Leslie for the photo Ali, Niel, Duke and Tom took a short swim today.  The conditions were nice; the water was up to 55.5 d...

This was another Sunday just like so many others this year; sunny, warm, 53 degree water, very little wind and great swimming conditions ...

We had another unseasonably beautiful day at Avila Beach. It was in the 60's with a water temperature of 53.  There were gusty offsho...

It was a beautiful day for a swim; sunny, calm and a flat ocean.  The water temperature was up (!) to 54 degrees.  Niel, Amy, Sam and Kat...

Sylvia, Amy and I did a 9AM New Year's Day swim along the Avila Pier.  The water was 53.5 degrees which was a bit warmer than the air...

For the last swim of 2013 Avila put on a great show.  It was clear, sunny, and very warm on the beach with no wind and 53 degree water.  ...

Niel, Rob, Amy and John Hampsey swam today.  The water was 53 degrees. It was calm with on a small swell and an occasional set of 2 to 3 foo...

Niel, Brad, Jon and Ron swam today.  Allison paddled for us.  Rob decided to soak up some sun on the beach.  Ron is from Bend, Oregon, in...

The 4th Annual Santa Cruz Will Swim For Food Fundraiser Rob Dumouchel, Ali Beug, Leslie Tappin Lorish and I had a wonderful experie...

Niel. Ali and Rob swam today.  It was 50 degrees and sunny when we got in with a mild offshore breeze, 1 to 2' surf, 53 degree water a...

What a day at Avila!  For me it began when I pulled into town and found Front Street from San Francisco St. to San Luis Street filled cur...

Rick and I swam at 11 AM today.  The conditions were pretty nice.  It was sunny (at first) the water was 55 degrees and there was no wind...

We had 11 swimmers, one kayaker and 7 otters in the water today.  Rob, Sylvia, Yvonne, Niel, Duke, Ali, Amy, Rick, Brad, John Hanse and K...

Details of today's Grumpy Old Men Swim; We had beautiful fall weather at Avila today.   It was sunny, warm and it started out calm....

We had a small crowd today but a nice swim.  Sylvia and Yvonne swam down to Fossil Point and back and Niel, Jon and Rick swam a half tria...