Rip Current Article Wow!

http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_0784387f-94dd-5f92-b288-0fd396d81233.html

Interesting Beach Article Link

http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/article_9f992d04-3d49-5e95-9b73-fe34abf1453f.html

Training Swim Oceanside Pier One Mile After Work Thursday

The water was much less choppy today than yesterday so I swam without the fins.  Warm water still.  Poor visibility.  No significant current to deal with-just a mild chop.  I had a good swim; I was working on my kick to try to get more out of it.  And it's FREE!  I love the ocean!

Training for Oceanside Labor Day Pier Swim

Choppy water today, lots of bouncing around swimming out.  I wore fins and webbed gloves because the body has its aches and pains.  Water temp about 70 again.  Visibility good past the surf zone-about 15 feet.  I didn't see any fish today-I was expecting some since yesterday was so neat with the fish around.  The waves were small inside for the small number of surfers.  A decent training swim.

Fish in Oceanside

So today I finally saw FISH in the ocean at the pier during my after-work swim.  The visibility was good-about 12 feet, maybe more-and I saw hundreds of little fish as I swam back into shore.  This was just after turning the corner at the end of the pier coming in.  I don't know what they are-they look like little bait fish.  Then, about 40 yards from the beach, with the good visibility, I saw a good dozen or more larger fish-about a foot long-drifting around the bottom of the water.