Do you swim in October in sowal?

[Miss Kitty]

I swim year round, haha. I surf so I get in the water whenever the waves are up, not going by the temperature. I think it feels nice in October, it might be a little chilled though.

DUDE...I have missed you! See you in October, deal?

Have you played any basketball, lately?

 

[bloomcreatives]

The warm waters of the Gulf have spoiled me and now I have a hard time swimming in anything cooler : ) I have swam as late as the third weekend of October very comfortably and I'm a big baby when it comes to cold water.

 

[Teresa]

October could be chilly for a toddler, but it's a great time to swim for older kids/adults.

I swim Easter to Halloween, but I am a water baby who used to swim in snow melt.

in my experience, children (tiny tots to about age 15) will swim in any temperature! at least my kid, and most every one I've ever seen out on the beach - cold is not a deterrant for kids! it is for me though.

Cactus Juice is a repellent, IIRC the distilled vinegar is to south bites. Although usually ammonia works good for insect bites, vinegar for jellyfish.

I've never known ANY repellent to work with the little biting black SOB flies. once they find you, you must either enter the water or leave the beach. there are times when you cannot stay on the beach for longer than 15 minutes. if flies are seriously out with a north wind, we don't even bother going. those flying bat turds sting and they don't care about repellent. and they are really horrible on dogs - especially brown or black dogs - I guess a dog could be used to keep them away from you but that would be terrible to do to your dog!