(I actually did not notice if there were lifeguards on the beach at that hour, though.) I had my reservations, but everything went better than expected and I was quite comfortable swimming through all the inside buoys and back to the beach. They were really nice about asking how I was doing and probably eyeballing me to see if I was starting to struggle. I muttered something about just swimming in and out from the beach to the buoy but one of the "inside buoys" swimmers encouraged me to try to swim to the next inside buoy and that we'll take a break there, so I joined three other swimmers in the inside course.Įveryone on the inside course waited for the rest of the group to arrive before continuing to the next buoy. The group organizer asked everyone which route they wanted to take: The inside buoys or the outside buoys. Honestly I was kind of concerned about even swimming as far out as the first buoy. You should obviously stay away from swimming anywhere near the rocks and jetty since the waves can get pretty aggressive depending on water conditions.ĩam rolled around and the other swimmers of the meetup swam out to the first buoy and I joined them. There is a jetty and major rock formations around some parts of the beach, most of them are along the edge of the beach but there is the one that is right in the water directly outwards from the second lifeguard tower. There are two rows of buoys lining the waters, the first set closest to the beach marks off the swim area, and the second row is to mark of the "no wake" area, so boats can (and do) come into the area between the two buoys to fish (and sometimes there are rowing boat team practice!) so you need to be aware of this if you want to swim around the second row of buoys. The weather was beautiful, and the under half-mile long beach was populated by mostly other swimmers in wetsuits and a couple of people staking out prime spots for later in the day. Incidentally, this is also an excellent place to run as it is part of the OC Marathon course and there are some easy hills for hill practice. If you really don't want to hike up and down those stairs, there is beach level parking at the state park for $15.00. There is the matter of a quite steep bit of stairs (about, three stories worth of stairs) leading from Ocean Blvd down to the beach, but if you were planning on swimming for an hour, this should not be an issue.
#Corona del mar beach swimming plus#
Saturday I joined up with The OC Triathlete Training Meetup Group in Corona Del Mar State Park for their Saturday morning swim.įirst off: Parking is easy on Ocean Blvd at 8:30 in the morning, a total plus in my book.
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