Next Swim: Friday 8/1 6AM
Last Swim: Thursday 7/31 6AM
Water Temp: 61
Waves: Calm
Water Clarity: Good
Crew: Kahuna, Bubba, Diablo, Patriarch, and Wonder Woman on shore
On Sunday I will have a barbecue at my house following the swim. All our welcome, even if you don't swim. More details in tomorrow's post.
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Monsters in the Rock Pile
Next Swim: Thursday 7/31 6AM
Also I could swim this evening (Wednesday) at 5:30 PM (preferred) or 6:00PM. Please leave a comment if you are interested.
Last swims:
Wednesday 7/30 6AM
Water Temp: 62
Waves: Glass
Water Clarity: Poor
Crew: Kahuna, Panini, Bubba, Capt'n, Diablo, Nanook, Patriarch
Wetsuit/Skin: 1/6
Tuesday 7/29 5:30PM
Water Temp: 66
Waves: Choppy
Water Clarity: Poor
Crew: Kahuna, Patriarch
Wetsuit/Skin: 0/2
Well waddaya know, two days in a row with the water temp above 60! It's really to skip the struggle of putting on and taking off the wetsuit.
Here's another strange event to add to our list of crazy things on the beach. As always the first thing I did when we arrived was to wade into the water next to the south rock pile to measure the water temp. Suddenly a huge racket came from the inside the rock pile. It sounded like something thrashing the water and banging the rocks. Then, two very large fish (two feet plus each) swam out. Kahuna managed to capture it in a picture, they are a bit hard to make out.
Also I could swim this evening (Wednesday) at 5:30 PM (preferred) or 6:00PM. Please leave a comment if you are interested.
Last swims:
Wednesday 7/30 6AM
Water Temp: 62
Waves: Glass
Water Clarity: Poor
Crew: Kahuna, Panini, Bubba, Capt'n, Diablo, Nanook, Patriarch
Wetsuit/Skin: 1/6
Tuesday 7/29 5:30PM
Water Temp: 66
Waves: Choppy
Water Clarity: Poor
Crew: Kahuna, Patriarch
Wetsuit/Skin: 0/2
Well waddaya know, two days in a row with the water temp above 60! It's really to skip the struggle of putting on and taking off the wetsuit.
Here's another strange event to add to our list of crazy things on the beach. As always the first thing I did when we arrived was to wade into the water next to the south rock pile to measure the water temp. Suddenly a huge racket came from the inside the rock pile. It sounded like something thrashing the water and banging the rocks. Then, two very large fish (two feet plus each) swam out. Kahuna managed to capture it in a picture, they are a bit hard to make out.
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Swim Tonight and Tomorrow Morning
Next Swim: Today Tuesday 7/29 5:30PM. If the the NWS and NOAA water temperature maps are to be believed, it's in the 60's.
Also: Wednesday 7/30 6AM
Last Swim: Unfortunately I had to miss yesterday's swim so I have no report.
Also: Wednesday 7/30 6AM
Last Swim: Unfortunately I had to miss yesterday's swim so I have no report.
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Eventful Weekend
Next Swim: Monday 7/28 5PM, forecast says waves 3-6 feet are possible
Last Swims:
Sunday 7/27 1:00PM
Water Temp: mostly 50 or below, but a few warmer spots too
Waves: Calm at the start, but sudden heavy weather forced us out (see below)
Water Clarity: OK
Crew: Diablo, Neo, Cobbie, Cathy, Panini, Gumdrop, Phil, Patriarch, with special guest Capt'n
Wetsuit/Skin: 6/2
Pitsch Count: 9
Saturday 7/26 11AM
Water Temp: 51 at the beach, maybe colder away
Waves: Calm
Water Clarity: OK
Crew: Mike, Mike, Bill, Brian,Tim, Monica, Julie, Showgirl, Panini, Andy, Diablo, Patriarch, Capt'n
Wetsuit/Skin: 12/1
Pitsch Count: 8
Despite the cold water, a wonderful and amazing weekend. On Saturday we met this incredible woman Abbey Brau who swam for an entire hour in 51 degree water without a wetsuit and only a single latex cap! When she emerged from the water she wasn't even shivering or slurring her words like we do in much shorter and warmer swims. Abbey is from Minnesota and she is training for the 10K "Bridge to Bridge" swim in San Francisco (Golden Gate to Bay Bridge) on August 9th. On the event webpage it says, "This legendary swim is recommended for elite swimmers wanting to race between two landmark bridges in the exciting bay waters". Pleased to meet you Abbey, good luck in in San Francisco.
Our Sunday our swim started uneventfully enough. It was sunny and warm, the water was flat. We could see rain on the lake far to the north, it didn't seem like a threat. But what we didn't see, because it was "hiding" behind the lake bluff, was a violent storm furiously bearing down from the west. Cobbie and I were just finishing our swim and just barely made it back. But Phil and Gumdrop got caught and had to bail out. One of the great things about Klode is the long sand beach. If you get in trouble you just get out and walk back, which isn't possible in most places along the shore. Phil wasn't too far away, but Gumdrop had to walk almost a mile back.
From the shelter above the beach we watched a huge wind pick up the flat water, toss it into a spray and push it rapidly south. It almost seemed like a herd of invisible buffalo stampeding across the water.
Another amazing but disgusting thing was all the brown foamy gunk gushing out of the street sewer just north of our beach. Although it's not raw sewage it might be worse in some ways, heavy with all the foul stuff running off the streets and people's lawns. Fertilizers, insecticides, road oil, and God knows what else. Yuch! Hopefully it dissipates quickly.
Last Swims:
Sunday 7/27 1:00PM
Water Temp: mostly 50 or below, but a few warmer spots too
Waves: Calm at the start, but sudden heavy weather forced us out (see below)
Water Clarity: OK
Crew: Diablo, Neo, Cobbie, Cathy, Panini, Gumdrop, Phil, Patriarch, with special guest Capt'n
Wetsuit/Skin: 6/2
Pitsch Count: 9
Saturday 7/26 11AM
Water Temp: 51 at the beach, maybe colder away
Waves: Calm
Water Clarity: OK
Crew: Mike, Mike, Bill, Brian,Tim, Monica, Julie, Showgirl, Panini, Andy, Diablo, Patriarch, Capt'n
Wetsuit/Skin: 12/1
Pitsch Count: 8
Despite the cold water, a wonderful and amazing weekend. On Saturday we met this incredible woman Abbey Brau who swam for an entire hour in 51 degree water without a wetsuit and only a single latex cap! When she emerged from the water she wasn't even shivering or slurring her words like we do in much shorter and warmer swims. Abbey is from Minnesota and she is training for the 10K "Bridge to Bridge" swim in San Francisco (Golden Gate to Bay Bridge) on August 9th. On the event webpage it says, "This legendary swim is recommended for elite swimmers wanting to race between two landmark bridges in the exciting bay waters". Pleased to meet you Abbey, good luck in in San Francisco.
Our Sunday our swim started uneventfully enough. It was sunny and warm, the water was flat. We could see rain on the lake far to the north, it didn't seem like a threat. But what we didn't see, because it was "hiding" behind the lake bluff, was a violent storm furiously bearing down from the west. Cobbie and I were just finishing our swim and just barely made it back. But Phil and Gumdrop got caught and had to bail out. One of the great things about Klode is the long sand beach. If you get in trouble you just get out and walk back, which isn't possible in most places along the shore. Phil wasn't too far away, but Gumdrop had to walk almost a mile back.
From the shelter above the beach we watched a huge wind pick up the flat water, toss it into a spray and push it rapidly south. It almost seemed like a herd of invisible buffalo stampeding across the water.
Another amazing but disgusting thing was all the brown foamy gunk gushing out of the street sewer just north of our beach. Although it's not raw sewage it might be worse in some ways, heavy with all the foul stuff running off the streets and people's lawns. Fertilizers, insecticides, road oil, and God knows what else. Yuch! Hopefully it dissipates quickly.
Friday, July 25, 2014
Triple Play
Next Swims: Saturday 7/26 11:00 AM, Sunday 7/27 1:00 PM
Last Swim: Friday 7/25 6AM
Water Temp: 57-59 depending on who was measuring, what they were measuring with, and where they were measuring
Waves: Like glass, but there was a noticeable current heading north
Water Clarity: Poor near shore, better further away
Crew: Kahuna, Capt'n, Gumdrop, Diablo, Wendy, Julie, Panini, Showgirl, Bubba, Patriarch
Special Guest: Wonder Woman
Wetsuit/Skin: 5/5
A gorgeous sunrise. A great swim. Breakfast at Solly's. Enough said.
Last Swim: Friday 7/25 6AM
Water Temp: 57-59 depending on who was measuring, what they were measuring with, and where they were measuring
Waves: Like glass, but there was a noticeable current heading north
Water Clarity: Poor near shore, better further away
Crew: Kahuna, Capt'n, Gumdrop, Diablo, Wendy, Julie, Panini, Showgirl, Bubba, Patriarch
Special Guest: Wonder Woman
Wetsuit/Skin: 5/5
A gorgeous sunrise. A great swim. Breakfast at Solly's. Enough said.
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Operator Error
Next Swim: Friday July 25th 6AM followed by breakfast at Solly's. Even if we don't swim we will still go to breakfast
Update Thursday 7PM: I stopped by the beach at 5:30 and was flummoxed to measure a water temp of 64, a full 15 degrees warmer than this morning. I am totally at a loss to explain, but I sure am happy about it. I had a very pleasant skin swim. Hopefully the warmer water will still be there in the morning.
Also, I will stop by the beach tonight (Thu 7-24) at 5:30 but I'm not optimistic that it will be warm enough to swim.
Last Swim:
Thursday 7/24 6AM
Water Temp: 49
Waves: One Foot
Water Clarity: Terrible, with lots of gunk washed up on shore from yesterday's big waves.
Crew: Diablo and Gumdrop, with me and Kahuna shivering on shore
Wetsuit/Skin Count: 1/1
Today we added another misadventure to our long list of skulduggeries. I drove to the beach expecting warm water because that's what the NOAA maps showed. I arrived at the beach and waded in as usual to take the temperature. The water felt very cold but my thermometer read 60. It didn't seem right so I took another reading and got the same thing. So I prepared to do a skin swim, but the water still felt very cold and after three attempts to get in the very cold water I finally gave up. I couldn't figure out why 60 degrees was such a problem.
Then I finally realized what was going on. My thermometer takes two temperatures, air and water, but it only displays one of them. I always set it to display the water temp, but I must have accidentally somehow toggled the button to read the air temperature. So I took a third reading and got 49, which finally made sense.
Capt'n was conspicuously absent from the beach this morning but there is an item in the morning paper that may explain it: "a male was arrested for drinking and possession if both marijuana and drug paraphernalia at Klode Park at midnight". Donations to his bail fund can be handed directly to me (cash only in a plain envelope).
Update Thursday 7PM: I stopped by the beach at 5:30 and was flummoxed to measure a water temp of 64, a full 15 degrees warmer than this morning. I am totally at a loss to explain, but I sure am happy about it. I had a very pleasant skin swim. Hopefully the warmer water will still be there in the morning.
Also, I will stop by the beach tonight (Thu 7-24) at 5:30 but I'm not optimistic that it will be warm enough to swim.
Last Swim:
Thursday 7/24 6AM
Water Temp: 49
Waves: One Foot
Water Clarity: Terrible, with lots of gunk washed up on shore from yesterday's big waves.
Crew: Diablo and Gumdrop, with me and Kahuna shivering on shore
Wetsuit/Skin Count: 1/1
Today we added another misadventure to our long list of skulduggeries. I drove to the beach expecting warm water because that's what the NOAA maps showed. I arrived at the beach and waded in as usual to take the temperature. The water felt very cold but my thermometer read 60. It didn't seem right so I took another reading and got the same thing. So I prepared to do a skin swim, but the water still felt very cold and after three attempts to get in the very cold water I finally gave up. I couldn't figure out why 60 degrees was such a problem.
Then I finally realized what was going on. My thermometer takes two temperatures, air and water, but it only displays one of them. I always set it to display the water temp, but I must have accidentally somehow toggled the button to read the air temperature. So I took a third reading and got 49, which finally made sense.
Capt'n was conspicuously absent from the beach this morning but there is an item in the morning paper that may explain it: "a male was arrested for drinking and possession if both marijuana and drug paraphernalia at Klode Park at midnight". Donations to his bail fund can be handed directly to me (cash only in a plain envelope).
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Well I'll be Dipped
Next Swim: Thursday 7/24 6AM
Surprised again! This morning the water temp was 49, this evening it is 63. That means it's time for a dip. See you on the beach at 6AM.
Apparently there is some disagreement in the Crew on the best day for Breakfast at Solly's. Some want Friday morning after our 6AM swim. Others would prefer Saturday morning so breakfast won't interfere with work. But that would mean an early swim Saturday (7AM?). If you have a preference and have not already commented please do so. I'm fine with either options, there's never a bad day to have breakfast at Solly's.
Surprised again! This morning the water temp was 49, this evening it is 63. That means it's time for a dip. See you on the beach at 6AM.
Apparently there is some disagreement in the Crew on the best day for Breakfast at Solly's. Some want Friday morning after our 6AM swim. Others would prefer Saturday morning so breakfast won't interfere with work. But that would mean an early swim Saturday (7AM?). If you have a preference and have not already commented please do so. I'm fine with either options, there's never a bad day to have breakfast at Solly's.
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