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Once in a winter storm, I went for a #swim off the main beach in Santa Cruz. Foolish.

Pulled on cheap wetsuit from Longs, don yard sale gloves, hood, and booties. Fins on and shuffled right out into it.

Dove under breaking waves. Got out through the surf. With the big fins I was able to hold my own.

Huge #Waves .

In troughs, I was alone in the bottom of a big bowl of cold seawater, only the gray rowdy clouds rolling over above.

Wave crests tossed me up, whitecaps ripping off in the wind.