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In the 1980's in Santa Cruz to the north in the vicinity of The Boardwalk, this was a regular occurrence. You would have to check first to see if there was nast
by 1letterunixname 4y ago
In the 1980's in Santa Cruz to the north in the vicinity of The Boardwalk, this was a regular occurrence. You would have to check first to see if there was nastiness to decide if you wanted to freeze your bits in ice cold Pacific water. (Cold water: A wetsuit isn't all that much help. I recommend a dry suit year round if you surf the Pacific in N. America.)
I guess those times are gone because there's monitoring and better waste management now, except just after major storms when there's always a risk of discharge.
- hedora 4y agoThe signs are still up at the boardwalk. I think I’ve seen them in the “don’t swim” state. Based on personal experience with California planning commissions and septic contractors, I’m guessing this will be fixed shortly after the greens take up arms and capture a few nuclear missile silos for the the new nation of the Free Pacific States. Alternatively, people could, I don’t know, take Sewage Systems 101, or maybe read a book before getting licensed or setting up regulations. Edit: If you’d like to learn more about a literal shit slide slowly working its way down to the Santa Cruz beaches, read up on all the political maneuvering around re-certifiying septic systems in the CZU burn scar.
- 1letterunixname 4y agoWell shit, tourists can still get their free hepatitis. And here I thought home-ownership in Santa Cruz was all about NIMBY's who might as well have been transplanted from Irvine, CA hating anything to do with the UC.
- wankerrific 4y agoA dry suit in Santa Cruz? LOL!
- zardo 4y ago> Cold water: A wetsuit isn't all that much help There's something wrong with your wetsuit.
- CameronNemo 4y agoHave you swam in the Pacific in NorCal? It gets really cold most parts of the year. A 5/6 just won't cut it. An 8/9 might be getting there.
- iancmceachern 4y agoI see people swimming without wetsuits at aquatic Park in SF every week. I've worked with people who have done the alcatraz swim in a 3 mil wetsuit or less.
- CameronNemo 4y agoI guess some people are just built different. I could never :'( .
- zardo 4y agoUpper 40s there right? That's within the design range for a 5/4, a 6/5 if you're lighter.