It's Not Always Calm at Sunrise

Last Swim:  6 am Monday

Next swims 

Mon-Fri, 6 am and 5 pm

Saturday, Sunday and Holidays - 8 am and Noon

Water temp:66 

Air temp: ~66 with little or no wind

Swell: 1-2 feet, rough but pretty regular

Clarity: bit murky

Kru: Showgirl, Dragonfly, Luna, Rachel, Terri and Julie

Shore Support:  Mr. Bubble, Beth (not Showgirl)

Another beautiful sunrise, which I enjoyed as the first arrival.  Subsequent arrivers got to enjoy some beautiful sunshine from behind some light clouds.  

First time this year for my friends Terri and Julie.  Julie has come only once before.  Terri came out maybe 6 or 8 times last year.  

So, it was atypically rough for an early morning swim.  Not a washing machine like yesterday, but still pretty challenging.  Everyone headed north.  Luna, Showgirl and Dragonfly headed out first.  The other three ladies followed after spending a minute or two facing down the waves.  Terri made it just past the rocks and decided to come on back (she's a very sensible person).  Julie was doing the breast stroke to get out past the rocks, then she and Rachel took off.  Showgirl did her usual thing of swimming past the rocks on the return.  

Beth came down while everyone was out - she was a regular sunrise swim observer last year.  Beth is pretty chatty, so I didn't feel lonely while the others were out swimming 😊

Since this was Terri and Julie's first time this year, I took some photos of them facing down the waves and a 10 second video of them swimming out.  Apologies to Showgirl, Dragonfly and Luna for not getting photos of them.  Actually, I wish I had taken a photo of Showgirl checking the water temperature.  The way she was standing holding the thermometer, I made the remark that, from a distance and looking from behind, she looked like a guy relieving himself 😂.  So, probably best that I didn't take a photo, lest anyone else have the same misperception.