Summer Slog
Why oh why do the lowest of each day’s tides only happen around my favorite swim hour?
Susan Kuramoto Moffat has written for the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, and Estuary News from places including Tokyo, Seoul, Southern California, and San Francisco Bay Area. She is working on a book about urban wilds.
Why oh why do the lowest of each day’s tides only happen around my favorite swim hour?
When I plunge into San Francisco Bay in spring, I’m swimming through a cool green fish stew.
Even in winter, Bay water is mostly safe to swim in. It smells good. It tastes fine.
Autumn in San Francisco Bay is a halcyon moment between the punishing winds of summer and the frigid swells of winter.
No one comes out of the cold water in a bad mood.