Last Swim/Dip: 7:30 a.m. Friday, March 15
Next Swims: Saturday and Sunday noon (noon defined loosely)
Water temp: 42 per TTL's new thermometer with the really long line
Air temp: 37 and sunny
Kru: Lydia the Tattooed Lady, Fin-Fyn, Dragonfly
Waves: Pretty significant shore surf - lots o' surfers at Bradford beach. Maybe 3-4 feet? Looked corrugated from the bluff side
Surf Captain (aka Lt. MJ's Boyfriend) called it - rough. Not conducive to swimming. Kudos to TTL for "conducive," vocab word of the day.
We set up at the North wall. TTL claimed to have no experience with dipping or plunging, since she is always swimming.
"It's pretty freeform," I said.
She expressed skepticism.
"I make sure my feet leave the bottom, as that's the difference between swimming and standing on shore," I explained. With this minimal instruction, she went for it, and the 3 of us frolicked in the waves. It is always an amazing feeling, to be lifted up by a really large wave - a moment of anti-gravity. Waves were big enough to be intimidating.
I was first to head to shore, as the strong undertow seemed like an invitation to making poor choices. We agreed it was good to make mildly poor choices, and take somewhat controlled risks.
