re: #34 HappyWarrior
I swam while I was in Santa Cruz last summer. A little cold for my East Coast blood at first but by the end of it: Me, my Dad, and my brother were loving it.
Santa Cruz is actually a little warmer than it is just a bit further north. We used to stay in until our mom noted our lips had turned bluish and we needed to get out for a while. I can’t tell you what a shock it was when we went to Hawaii and the ocean water was warm!