Hi Everyone--
I live a few minutes from the beach in Santa Monica. Unfortunately my pool is down and the chlorine in the other local pools has been hard on my skin. Are there any open water clubs in the LA area (like La Jolla)? I searched the internet and could not find anything. Thanks in advance.
SCAQ seems to have attracted a lot of people who, when they aren't swimming in SCAQ pool workouts, swim in the ocean. One of the SCAQ pools is the Culver Plunge, a long-course pool with saltwater, which might help resolve your chlorine problem. Frankly, I wouldn't recommend swimming with the fish, but people do it, and here's one such event (http://www.swim.net/scaq.cfm):
SANTA MONICA PIER OCEAN FESTIVAL - June 9, 2012 The world famous Santa Monica Pier and the Honolua Surf Co. kick off the summer of 2012 with the Santa Monica Pier Paddleboard Race & Ocean Festival, featuring the new 1-mile ocean swim. The 1-mile ocean swim is a looped course, just south of the pier – the swim starts at 9:15am - arrive early to park/register/warm up! Wetsuits are allowed! The event benefits Heal the Bay and its public marine education facility, the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium. Heal the Bay will receive a portion of net proceeds from the event. You can register on line at http://pierpaddle.com/
SCAQ seems to have attracted a lot of people who, when they aren't swimming in SCAQ pool workouts, swim in the ocean. One of the SCAQ pools is the Culver Plunge, a long-course pool with saltwater, which might help resolve your chlorine problem. Frankly, I wouldn't recommend swimming with the fish, but people do it, and here's one such event (http://www.swim.net/scaq.cfm):
SANTA MONICA PIER OCEAN FESTIVAL - June 9, 2012 The world famous Santa Monica Pier and the Honolua Surf Co. kick off the summer of 2012 with the Santa Monica Pier Paddleboard Race & Ocean Festival, featuring the new 1-mile ocean swim. The 1-mile ocean swim is a looped course, just south of the pier – the swim starts at 9:15am - arrive early to park/register/warm up! Wetsuits are allowed! The event benefits Heal the Bay and its public marine education facility, the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium. Heal the Bay will receive a portion of net proceeds from the event. You can register on line at http://pierpaddle.com/
