Considering a La Jolla Shores to La Jolla Cove Swim

I'd like some commentary on this one.  A friend and I are considering doing the swim from the La Jolla Shores Beach to the Cove and possibly a round trip to the Shores.
I have a kayak and my tentative plan is for us two to take turns paddling and swimming for safety.  Once several years ago I swam from the Shores almost to the Cove-but I got hung up in all the kelp out there and turned around and went back.  Other than that it was a nice swim.  A military helicopter even dropped down low above me to check if I was okay.
Opinions , suggestions, thoughts anyone?

"The first time you quit is the last time you try."

Surf Report Oceanside, CA

I just checked my favorite beach web site:  www.surfline.com  to get a view of the beach conditions.  It looks the same as yesterday when I didn't have a camera with me.  I can't swim today because I have to go to a doctor and, hopefully, get some injections around some of my vertebrae where the nerves are pinched and messed up. 
Word of advice to the still-young and adventurous adrenaline junkie: avoid rodeo & avoid diving and falling onto your head as a child and chronological (but not sensible) adult.  Those injuries come back to haunt you.
But, as always:   "The first time you quit is the last time you try."

I have another line of ageless wisdom that I have been thinking about introducing here on this blog.  I cannot claim to have followed this advice throughout my life-just as I cannot claim always to have followed my daily closing line regarding "trying."  Regardless of my shortcomings in the area of "giving up" or "quitting" on something in life, my daily saying on this blog has helped to get me to drag my toasty warm butt into the cold water at times when I would rather have stayed on the Laz-E-Boy recliner.  Stay tuned for my upcoming sentence of advice passed on to me by a former high school Teacher (Teacher intentionally capitalized because He was a special man).  Maybe I'll reflect and write on this today or tomorrow.

333 Restaurant in Oceanside CA

I was talking to a co-worker a few days ago who had eaten at the new 333 Restaurant at the Oceanside Pier.  This gentleman and his wife had enjoyed a nice dinner at 333 and enjoyed the view of the Pier and the water.  I told him, "Hey, that's my spot.  Did you see a guy swimming out there?"  Well, of course he had not; the odds of that would be rather small.
I haven't been there yet; I'm more of a McDonald's guy.
This afternoon after work I went for a swim north to south around the pier.  The water was running south and it was mild to moderately rough.  Fins needed.  The water was breaking hard into a foamy, white water surge-wave after wave after wave.
Swimming out was lively; I was swimming into two foot waves continuously-just throwing my arms forward and pulling, along with kicking with the fins.  It was cold also.  I stayed cold for the 34 minute swim.  On the way in, it was more fun.  I felt like I was body surfing short, small waves every ten seconds or so.  It was fun, and the waves helped push me toward the shore.
Only a handful of surfers trying to catch a four foot wave with a decent shape-the waves were without much of a shape.
I almost lost my goggles-I was thrown around by two different waves coming in.
A neat, fun swim.  Invigorating, exciting, and bracing. No camera unfortunately.

"The first time you quit is the last time you try."

Oceanside Downtown Revival

I drove down through Mission Avenue to the parking lot just south of the Pier at 4 PM this afternoon-the new time (Spring forward-bla-bla-bla).  My drive took me through the busy part of the downtown revival area-where one must be quite careful not to run over pedestrians with their heads in the clouds-or in a much more remote place below the waistline. 
I miss the old Oceanside beach area.  Don't care much for the new trendy shops and eateries, the theater, the street fairs, etc.
I miss ample parking near the water; I miss the quiet Oceanside beaches; I miss the past.
Boy, I miss having lots of sand on the beaches along the Oceanside shoreline.  Our beaches are so narrow now one has to get used to high-density beachgoing--exactly the opposite of what my mind needs.
I drove through the $2.00 per hour parking lot and changed my mind and left.  I parked up the block for the old $1.00/hour rate.  An act of defiance.
The water was much less ugly than yesterday but still unpleasant.  Dirty. My sinuses are acting up today from the dirty water.  The chop was 1-2 feet with the current running north-same as yesterday.  It was not as cold as yesterday-no face pain upon entering the water.
Not many surfers because the waves were lousy.  I swam out WITH the current-started at the south side and came in on the north side.  It was a moderately rough swim-38 minutes-but nothing like yesterday's misery. 
"The first time you quit is the last time you try."

Water Getting Colder

I just checked surfline.com and the water temperature reading finally changed to 55-57 degrees, down from 57-59 degrees.

"The first time you quit is the last time you try."