Sunday brought rainy/stormy weather and very physical swimming. I wasn't expecting anyone else to show so I left home when I was ready...
It was a chilly one today. The air temperature at 7:30 was 36°, the wind was offshore and the water was 10 - 11°C./50° - 51.5°F. Not much d...
Today is my birthday and I started the day off with a great swim. The water is cleaner that is has been in weeks so the west side of the pie...
Today was a beautiful morning for a swim at Avila Beach. I was joined by Jay Sandy who grew up in San Luis Obispo and surfing at Avila but i...
Sunday, January 22nd, 2023
I swam at 11 today and it made a surprisingly large difference. The air was 57° and going up instead of Saturday's 33° and the water was...
Saturday, January 21st, 2023
I'm back in the water! The bacteria levels in the water from the storms are down to reasonable levels so I got myself back in the water ...
Avila Beach, 11:30 Saturday morning I've no swimming to report. The water in Avila looks like fun except for the brown color and the...
Wednesday, January 4th, 2023
Noon on Wednesday a few hours before the next big storm is due. In Avila Beach the water and the surf on both sides of the pier is brown w...
The Last Swim of the Year - Tom and Sue Foggy and wet at Avila this morning. The swell was down but there was still a slow roll out there....
Sneaking In Before the Rain - It is difficult to smile in 52° water After a week out of the water and 1100 miles of traveling I was really...
Wednesday, December 28th, 2022
Tom's Swim Report for Wednesday - Tom's eye of the storm report: after a rainy Tuesday. Wednesday was clear and breezy at Avila, s...
Tom's Swim Report - King tide + one day. The December 25 swim report: it is the day after the official king tide, so the gravitational...
Tom's Christmas Eve Swim Report Another shot looking out towards Avila rock from the Bluffs… I got to Avila about 930. The air tempera...
Thursday, December 22nd, 2022
Thursday's Swim Report from Tom - Beautiful day..... Looking out towards Avila Rock. Pretty big high tide today, so only the tip was...
An Almost Winter Solstice Swim - It was going to be cold, but it wasn't like I expected. My expectations were based on the air temperat...