The start of this morning's swim from Pier 41 to Aquatic Park. Water temp ~54°F.
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The start of this morning's swim from Pier 41 to Aquatic Park. Water temp ~54°F.
Two construction workers look at the Dolphin Club weight room, which now has a couple of windows.
New weight room and future deck, looking out over Aquatic Park Cove.
Upper-floor construction.
Construction progress report! Weight room and galley projects coming along nicely. Work began in August 2025.
Before this ordeal, Austin had found it “quite tiring” to swim 350 meters without a break.
Swimsuits? Yoga? Dancing? Europeans are baffled by U.S. sauna culture.
Gift link:
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Ghost of climate-future just rolled through the Bay — king tides + storm surge flooding streets the Chronicle says are a new normal as seas rise. Will we act before the next haunting? 🌊👻 #BayArea #KingTides #SeaLevelRise #ClimateFuture #CoastalFlooding #ActNow #OceanHoptimism
A woman jogs along a sharply eroded beach very close to a line of homes during King Tides on November 16, 2024. Photo taken at 63rd Place at Alamitos Bay, Long Beach
The next #KingTides are Dec. 4 and 5, as well as Dec. 6 in southern California and some northern California locations. Help us document these highest tides of the year by safely photographing beaches, marshes, and flooded roads. Do it on your own or join a community event! coastal.ca.gov/kingtides
Weirdly fun, strangely doable: The 24-hour swim relay returns to Aquatic Park Cove January 30-February 1! Swimmer signups open tomorrow, December 2; registration capped at 75 swimmers. Create your own relay team or ask to join one! 24hrswimrelay.com
San Francisco recorded its coldest fall day since 2019 as a temperature inversion kept the city chilly — and left the Sierra unusually warm.
Walls going up on new weight room
Recent water temperatures: 59°, 58°F
Progress report: weight-room walls going up, water temp going down.
Quite a few adventurous Dolphin Club members swim at China Beach!
Clubhouse exterior, showing new foundation under future weight room.
Renovation progress! The new foundation was poured yesterday. Someday a new weight room will rise on top of it!
Congratulations to club member @sunnymckee.bsky.social, age group winner (75-79) at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii! It was a tough race, with temperatures approaching 90°F. tri-today.com/2025/10/iron...
What does it take to plan and execute a 25-mile bay swim? @piahinckle.bsky.social reports on her experience supporting club member Crissa Williams's recent feat.
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How do you take a shipwreck and turn it into a vessel for change? Sherry Flumerfelt knows. As executive director of the Western Flyer Foundation, she’s making history a living tool for ocean education and care. Meet her Sept 25 and be a part of that history.
#OceanHoptimism #WesternFlyer
Festival of the Sea this Saturday, September 13! Check out all the free activities at Aquatic Park, including a parade of our club's boats from 3 to 5 p.m.! maritime.org/seafestival2... @sfmaritime.bsky.social
He crossed the Catalina Channel in a kayak made from mushrooms (“AquaFung”).
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"San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, in partnership with the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association, will host a 24-hour Moby Dick reading marathon in the Maritime Museum." Noon 10/18 to noon 10/19. Sign up to read a chapter here:
maritime.org/md2025/
@sfmaritime.bsky.social
“When you think about how many people are in the water in [SoCal] on a daily basis… and there are dozens of cases every day, when a white #shark is swimming underneath the surfer, yet still, bites are really rare… They don’t see humans as food.“
-Dr. Chris Lowe, CSULB’s Shark Lab
#OceanHoptimism
A sad occasion but a beautiful ceremony. Niko had been a Dolphin Club member for 2-1/2 years.
Our hearts are broken by the news of this tragic loss. Our condolences to family and friends of club member Nikolas Tomasevic, and our gratitude to SFFD, USCG, SFPD Marine Unit, and California Recovery Divers, who worked tirelessly for four days on recovery.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Meet the "peeps" -- a guide to our Bay shorebirds from the @alamedapost.com alamedapost.com/features/nat...
Free event this Thursday, August 28! @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social
"Rowing on the Bay," presented by Bob Barde (South End Rowing Club) and Diane Walton (Dolphin Club). September 9, 6 p.m., at the SF Historical Society, 608 Commercial Street, S.F. Free; register here: givebutter.com/RowingontheBay
Our weight room and galley never had foundations. After the renovation, they will!
Overhead view, looking west, of weight room mid-demolition
Deck view of renovation in progress
Where'd the weight room go? 😉 #renovation
Overhead view of Dolphin Club deck
Worker in Dolphin Club boathouse, with wooden boat in foreground
Worker on ladder in Dolphin Club weight room
Our major clubhouse-renovation project--seven years in the planning, funding, and permitting--began today! Affected: weight room, boathouse, galley, elevator, electrical. Not affected: locker rooms, showers, saunas.
Once abundant in California waters, the sunflower sea star was nearly wiped out by sea star wasting disease. The cause wasn't clear at first, but one culprit has been identified—a bacterium named Vibrio pectenicida. This finding may help scientists understand and control this disease.
I'll be 55 on Saturday. It's literally my job to explore San Francisco and pass on my finds to others.
And up until last month, I had never visited one of the two most renown landmarks in the city.
I finally checked out Alcatraz. Was it worth the wait?
www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
Twenty-four whales have died in the Bay this year, many from ship strikes. Environmental groups are preparing to sue federal agencies to protect them.
Congratulations to club member Catherine Breed on her record-setting 60-mile swim around the circumference of Lake Tahoe!
www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/ar...
