Swim Avila - Open Water Swimming

  Jim and I had a great swim today. At 7 the air temperature in Avila Beach was 34° with a light and gusty offshore wind. The water was 54°....

Today's conditions were 61° air, no wind and 53° water. The surf was a mixture of two sets, 3 to 4 foot waves for 10 to 15 minutes then ...

At 7 this morning the air temperature in Avila Beach was 35°, ouch! The water was 55° - 56°. It was sunny with a steady offshore breeze, no ...

  Tom's Mystery Swim #2 Somewhere considerably south and east of Avila Beach. I do not know which direction we are looking but that is t...

  Jodi, Jim and I did a long swim this morning. We were going to do enough distance to feel good about having seconds later in the day but w...

  Tom Lorish's Tuesday Swim -  Look where Tom is swimming!   Tunisia 

I needed a long Zen swim this morning so I planned to do about 4,000M. The swim went so well that I wandered about the ocean and wound up wi...

 Avila couldn't have been much different t oday  than it was yesterday. It was sunny with a gusty offshore breeze, 60° to 70°, the water...

Storm Swimming - At 6 AM it was not raining and there was only .1 inch in the rain gauge at my house, so I texted Jodi and Tom Israel that w...

41° + 52° = Cold Swimming The combination of a 41° air temperature and a 52° water temperature made this the coldest swim in recent memory. ...

  We enjoyed wonderful swimming conditions today. The air temperature was 71°, there was a light breeze and unlimited sunshine. The water wa...

  Surf's Up - When I got out of my car at 7 this morning there was a lot of noise coming from the beach. The surf was 5 to 6 foot, well ...

  I'm Back -  I'm back in the water after more than a week in Eureka where there is a lot of water but where the best pool is a 25 y...

Tom's Swim Report I have run out of superlatives to describe these beautiful fall days. I will let the picture below be a 1000 words. Th...

Tom's Swim Report: I arrived at Avila at 9:15 PST.  Air temperature was 63, and there was a thick, heavy marine layer.  The water was 53...