Caution: Beach Contaminated

I feel that my blogger name isn't appropriate for me anymore, but I can't change it...yet....

I got in today and kicked on my back with the fins for a while. Crisp, cold water today. 

58 F. Ten minutes to get used to the chill. Visibility 3 feet. Waves a mellow 2 foot with a max of 3 feet

swell. Great afternoon for beginning surfers on a long-ish board. 4 real surfers between the two rock

  

jetties, and about 9 beginners/intermediates...the young females represented today.

I took a photo of the contaminated water sign. It's the sewage from the decades-old Tijuana sewage

problem and the sewage treatment plant on the US side. 

I've read that the feds are going to send $250 million to the US side, we'll see.

The middle photo. It's difficult to see. 

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

OCEANSIDE HARBOR SOUTH JETTY LOW TIDE JAN 16th 2025

I tried out the new wet suit with the neoprene hood this afternoon at the Oceanside Harbor Beach, between the 2 rock jetties.

The tide was the lowest I've seen, a great setting for my gradual swim post surgery. Water temp just below 60 Fahr.

Visibility less than 2 feet, not encouraging. I just kicked easy on my back with fins to work on my lumbar area. 

A few surfers for a calm sea with 2-3 foot being the biggest set I saw at 4 pm or so.

My lumbar is killing me after I  got home and all this evening. On a sky note, Mars is visible tonight, just below the 2 Gemini stars, specifically, below Pollux in the southeastern sky. A few photos.

Bottom photo shows Pendleton hills in the background. This is a great beach for easy living/exercising with lots of sand still.

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

Harbor Beach Oceanside CA Dec23

Late afternoon, just before sunset. Almost the same conditions as yesterday. Chilly, rough, just a brief dip with some kicking with the fins. Trying to strengthen the low back. (Mission Impossible.)

The man sitting watching the sunset has the right idea. 

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

Harbor Beach Sunset 22 Dec

Quite rough before sunset at the beach today. 

But fun!

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

A Beach for the Three of Us Today

I'm getting back in the routine again. It's a good feeling to have gotten my freeze on and then follow-up with hot coffee.

Low tide. Two surfers and I had the water to ourselves. Two foot waves, little shape. Surfline has 57 as the water temp but my finely tuned hypothalamus has it a bit warmer--say 59. 

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