Conditions for the Oceanside Labor Day Pier Swim

I just went down to the pier to check out the conditions and was quite pleased with the much smaller size of the waves out there.  The ocean is still very rough with the rip current moving north on the inside but the size of the waves was probably topping out at 4 feet.  The waves were messy, lousy shape, but with lots of strong, white water surge to them.  It looks like the conditions will improve more tomorrow and then be even better Monday.
Who knows what's going on with the currents out past the pier?  You really have to jump in there to feel which direction the water takes you, and you don't want to be swimming against the current out there.  Hopefully, early Monday morning the Oceanside Swim Club people will jump in the water out past the pier to feel the movement, if any, of the currents. 
Now for the rip currents when we enter the water.  They will still be there; the rip current has been very reliably moving from south to north for the last few months every day.  Will we be starting on the north side of the pier and have the rip pull us north away from the pier pilings and then angle back toward the end of the pier as we get farther out?  Or will we be getting in on the south side of the pier and for sure have the rip currents in the surf zone pull us toward the pilings of the pier?  This is not a good idea for safety reasons unless the start is moved farther south of the pier-say two hundred yards or so.  This should give the experienced ocean swimmer ample time to swim through rough breakers and get out past the surf zone before getting too close to the pier.  The outside currents past the surf zone and past the bear will need to be experienced before race starting points and swim direction are decided.  I took a few pictures just before dark Saturday night and they are shown here.  I'll check it out Sunday and report again.