I didn't bring the camera because I just got my car cleaned out today, so I didn't have any junk in there, including cameras.
Friday night--about 5 PM to 6:30 PM. I just had a great 70 minute rough swim out there. The water really is warm:great for beachgoers, but I could use more cold. I will look up the temp now on surfline.com
64-66 degrees. Probably the high side of that. The surf zone was rough. It took me about 3-4 minutes to swim through the continuous 3 foot waves. I have found out through experience that I swim more effectively and quicker through rough surf if I swim with short arm strokes with a quicker cadence.
There was a strong enough current running south that I decided to swim against it. I swam north into the current about fifty yards past the surf zone where there was a big, irregular, nasty chop to go along with the oncoming current. All I needed was to be cold and I would have been really happy.
I swam to the first rock jetty and turned around. I reached the jetty at 40 minutes. I swam 30 minutes back to where I started-about 100 yards north of the pier. I still felt good. I had good wind, no fear, and deecent swimming technique for me, I think.
A really nice swim workout for me. I had not felt up to getting in the water all week-4 days without salt water-so it was a welcome treat.
"The first time you quit is the last time you try."
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