https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/open-water-training-and-technique/25777/ocean-swimming-near-dana-pointGoing to a conference at the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Niguel , is Salt Creek a good place to swim ? if not , any recommendations? hoping to get in a 30 -40 minute swim each morning before the conference startsen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/272574?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:44:21 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:843e5737-19ef-4742-90e3-bc86329f991esunruhSalt Creek Beach is a great place to swim!!! we would leave workout from the MVN complex and be there in 20+mins Fast n Furious style down CrownValley Pkwy however, small warning, if there is a big storm out and big waves...do NOT ride one to the top and have it dump you on to the sand bottom. i still have a scar on my right hip from that done in &#39;84.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/272572?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:55:24 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:1f9ee8f2-bffe-405e-a09c-0f5f97c1f530Kurt DicksonThey had open water nationals there in 2013 and they usually put an open water event on there every year so should be good.<div style="clear:both;"></div>