Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Monday No Camera
The water wasn't as rough Monday on the Holiday and I was able to swim freestyle. Still brown water but I didn't get sick Sunday so I went for it.
Sunday Even More
Brown water surfing. This picture above shows the clear delineation from the bluish water to the brownish water - the picture on the left, I mean. I swam the bluish part, skirting along the brown part trying to stay just beyond it. It was kinda' neat. Through my goggles I could clearly see the brown water cloud pushing out toward me while I was swimming along.
Sunday Feb 21 O'Side Pier Brown Water Swimmimg
Check out the rough water looking south from the Oceanside Pier to the Carlsbad power plant. In the top picture at the right you can see the brown water. And I swam through it. Hopefully I won't get a sinus infection or something. They say wait 3 days after a rain to swim but I couldn't hold out.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Rough Water Around the Pier Sunday but Neat
Today I wore my fins, webbed gloves, and even my US Divers Swimmer's Safety Vest (yellow) with the CO2 cartridge or oral inflation methods. I alternated between backstroke and sidestroke, switching off sides, and got around the pier and back in. The water was chilly and very rough, with swells in the range of 8 feet. I swam against the current, and got dizzy a few times. It was a good, invigorating, and challenging swim. Took me a solid hour.
So what's up with that sign on the big concrete thing in the picture at the top left that says "No Sand?" And the "No Sand picture bottom left looks like there is a hand reaching up out of the concrete circular thing. Cheesh. Then I see the word "Hot." Maybe that's why the person with the hand is trying to get out, eh?
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