NDE's coming your way!

swim report saturday noon, cftc, RUTH!, wendy, lftc: cftc was on a mission for a NDE (near death experience) since she'll be leaving for colorado this coming week, RUTH! had to stretch out her boo boo's (cosmetic surgery), wendy had to rock the world in her new industrial strength swim suit, lftc had to swim as hard as possible to earn at least a cookie. grey skies, grey seas but warm at 70, big chop, zero viz but mostly clean, a current but we couldn't feel it due to the chop, we swam to the a for a toy check, across to the last outside pin buoy, which we completely missed and had to back track, a sweep over and around the inside buoys and back to the a. we played games a few times, the pace game, we each swam our hardest pace for 40 strokes while the rest kept up, sprint games, which almost killed (thanks cami, for making NDE's so fun!) and some tag. tag in the ocean is very tough and anxiety provoking, you just know something is going to grab your feet..    i really don't want anything to ever grab my feet in the ocean, it's my new motto! such a fab swim! thanks to my swim partners for the nde's, thanks for such fun company!
lftc-out

I'm baaaack.

So grateful to be back in the water! Thank you Wendy, Cami and Laura for a long, perfect swim. Warm water, some texture, a fish ball of Sargo and great company.

washing machine swim

a blustery day, LFTC, CFTC and our newest podnic Annie who we scooped up on the beach trucked on out to the 1/4, then to the 1/2 strong and fast "wow, we'll have a nice easy swim back, feel that current?" um, no, swirling waters of agony, no. But we plodded on... like an 80's jazz number, not a lot of rhythm but makes up for it in gusto. Made a few sprints all the way in, zero to 5 vis didn't seem to stop the masses, they have replaced the sea lions in and out of the water... people people everywhere. LFTC was on fire, as usual! Annie did great, first time out ( I think) and very brave, my favorite thing she asked at the 1/4 was, "so, you guys never see any sharks out here right?" "RIGHT!!" of course.

So... lets do it again tomorrow! Thanks LFTC, always, for a great swim.

sights: whitecaps. n.o.t.h.i.n.g. else. nada. zippo.

Smooth, sweet sundowner swim...

Wednesday after work summer swims are truly sweet!  Not bad visibility, water temps 68ish with smooth sailing. Bill, Don and I swam out and toured the sticks, and then went to the caves. Perfect day to go through the cave, extra calm, clear and we went through the small side door so we didn't have to wait for the kayak parade to finish. Though on week days there definitely are fewer kayaks.  Saw lots of fish,  and I saw yellow tails!  Only me!!! So that's a tough one to get much excitement from (except from me!).  A really nice swim all in all -- really washes the work day off!

Here's a couple of snaps from the gorgeous sunset hour...

~cary

Swim peeps see fish

Cool fish out today... some visibility and pretty calm waters, clear to the bottom in some spots. LFTC, the Mighty C's, CFTC, Sunshine and Arno Chrispeels all departed shore approx: 11:30 am, straight to the 1/4 and on to find soupfins (or bluntnose six gill ??), no luck in the shark department (did I really just say that?) but found FRED in a Neon Orange Cap and big black fins for the record. Onward towards the 1/2 when what to my dazzled eyes did appear???? YES! the elusive Yellotail!! see picture, not quite close enough to grab (as if!) but darn tootin close and right along side of me... the yellow and blue in its body were clear as day and the tail. The one in the picture is about the same size, WOW... now thats a first for this gilled gal. I screamed at the top of my lungs in utter delight and was a little taken back by how NONE of you even looked up.... hello? what if I saw... well, you know, whatever... no matter. Im sure if he had any intention of sticking around my scream sent him scurrying. Sorry y'all missed it, esp. Cary who has a thing for these guys. Onward to the Marine room across hwy. 5 of novice kayakers... to the sand, a few bat rays, a few leopard sharks witnessed by everyone except me, then southbound towards the Caves and a nice rolling swim in for the chicks as Bill raced the clock. Came in only to find not one but BOTH of my kids playing in the water.... woe, what a great day!!

Sunday morning swim in Lake La Jolla

Another fabulous day to swim! The water is clear down to 20,000 leagues; and flat as it can ever get. Git yer swim on!

Holy Myliobatis californicas Bat Man!

Saturday, I was to meet some of my more timid swim friends for a half mile swim. Knowing I NEEDED both a longer swim and a post-swim coffee, I opted to go early (we're talking' 7:30am early). It was totally glass out there and a dream. And ever since hearing every one's report of how clear the viz had been and not able to enjoy it, I took my camera and went on a hunt. Swam over to the Tower by way of the A,B and down to Marine Rm...but nada, zip, nothing. Then on the way back just a bit East of the 1/2 (whoa) a flotilla of bat rays in flight. Click click! At the 1/4, I saw a shadow...and there it was, a 7-8 foot Soupfin right below...Click! Went back to pickup my buds and went out again. They upped the anti to a mile this time! yea! And we saw more fish and more rays and two more soupfins, lions and tigers and bears...oh my! The battery died, but I had what I came for. Wish you'd been there.

swim on!