public salt water pools

[BayAreaHillbilly]

Originally Posted by sav858

Have you actually tried swimming in the ocean? Imperial Beach is the only place I would avoid swimming in for dirty water, possibly parts of the Strand too. But unless it's raining (which is not often even in winter) and water is running off into the ocean, SD's coastal waters are pretty clean overall.

Pretty much anywhere from Coronado north is fine for swimming, the water is pretty clear and clean at most SD beaches.

And the direction of the longshore current is ....

But people imagining that Mexican sewage ends up in say PB probably have no idea what a longshore current is.

[BayAreaHillbilly]

Originally Posted by wrp

So the story about bacteria from the sewage of Mexico is not true then? I hope you are right. I was disappointed when we moved to SD a bit over 2 years ago to find that the ocean seemed dirty. I had been looking forward to be able to swim. Up north in the Sierra foothills (where I lived for many years) we used to swim in the river, and it was always such a wonderful experience, very clean and gorgeously beautiful. I really miss that. I used to swim in the Mediterranean (Aegean) sea and in the Philippines (amazing snorkling!) a lot too, always enjoyed it very much.
So no, honestly I never got myself to go into the ocean here.....when I saw that smelly dirty foam on the water along Sunset Cliffs.
My inquiry about public saline pools is for our son. I want to teach him swimming, and he doesn't take well to chlorine. So that's why. Maybe I can get convinced to get over my doubts about our ocean here....
Thanks for the replies everyone.

Yeah I can't stand all those yucky plankton due to our upwelling. / sarc

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Zombie thread.

[Jimrob1]

Is the mission Beach plunge gone now. I use to swim in that huge pool for years. I don't remember if that was salt though. I'm told la fitness clubs use salt.