Lit Up World

 Next Swims:

            Mon-Fri 6:15 AM and 5 PM

            Sat, Sun 8AM and Noon

Last Swim:  Friday 6:15AM
Water Temp:  estimated low 60s inshore... and mid-60s beyond the rocks
Waves:  Big, churning, surf but not much undertow
Clarity:  Nope. Large piece of flotsam carried south along the shoreline.  Not as gritty as yesterday.

Kru:  Dragonfly

Shore Support:  Showgirl, Magic Mike    

It was a painterly day.  As I rounded the corner onto the Hoan the sky revealed brooding purplish clouds dotting a pale yellow background.  Northwestern Mutual a shining black pillar with orange reflections, guarding the waking city. I was first car;  barriers already moved.

Magic Mike arrived, then Showgirl.  That was it.  We were in no hurry to get down to the beach with a nippy NE breeze stirring the flag even on the bluff.  Waves thundered below.

When we arrived on the sand, the gray clouds were showing a bit of pink on the their underbellies;  "Red sky at morning, sailor take warning."

Not very inviting with the dark waves, debris and light misting rain.  I was the sole swimmer, and it was a strip 'n' dip.  But the lighting effects were shifting moment by moment.

Suddenly warm water past the rocks, contrasting with the cold air on my face. I rode the waves up and down, now a magnificent purple, and watched the fiery 6:32 a.m. sunrise slip over the horizon and touch up everything liberally with pink and gold.

Attempting to swim north, I merely held steady against the current.  A swimming treadmill. Body surfed back through the rocks and then easily ran out from the mild undertow.

Good Morning, Lit Up World.

Photos: top, Dragonfly, next three, Showgirl