La Jolla Cove Swim Club: New Year’s Polar Bear Plunge 2015
Some of the estimated 300 swimmers prior to the Polar Bear Plunge. (La Jolla Cove Swim Club’s annual New Year’s morning Polar Bear Plunge, La Jolla Shores Beach, Jan. 1, 2015) (Greg Wiest)
Members of the La Jolla Cove Swim Club cheerfully display the weather and water temperatures for the event. (La Jolla Cove Swim Club’s annual New Year’s morning Polar Bear Plunge, La Jolla Shores Beach, Jan. 1, 2015) (Greg Wiest)
Swimmers happily exit the cold waters. (La Jolla Cove Swim Club’s annual New Year’s morning Polar Bear Plunge, La Jolla Shores Beach, Jan. 1, 2015) (Greg Wiest)
12-year-old Aubrey Ryan from Texas rings in the New Year with her friend, Sarah Winsett. (La Jolla Cove Swim Club’s annual New Year’s morning Polar Bear Plunge, La Jolla Shores Beach, Jan. 1, 2015) (Greg Wiest)
La Jolla Cove Swim Club members Bob and Patty Magaudda, Nancy Nowak, Karen McCord and Janika Sullivan dress to the polar-bear theme. (La Jolla Cove Swim Club’s annual New Year’s morning Polar Bear Plunge, La Jolla Shores Beach, Jan. 1, 2015) (Greg Wiest)
Swimmers happily exit the cold waters. (La Jolla Cove Swim Club’s annual New Year’s morning Polar Bear Plunge, La Jolla Shores Beach, Jan. 1, 2015) (Greg Wiest)
Revelers exchange a New Year’s kiss before entering the chilly waters in La Jolla Shores. (La Jolla Cove Swim Club’s annual New Year’s morning Polar Bear Plunge, La Jolla Shores Beach, Jan. 1, 2015) (Greg Wiest)
La Jolla Cove Swim Club members Ivanka Gavanski, Karen Cullen, Doug Burleigh and Kim Miller. (La Jolla Cove Swim Club’s annual New Year’s morning Polar Bear Plunge, La Jolla Shores Beach, Jan. 1, 2015) (Greg Wiest)
Swimmers happily exit the cold waters. (La Jolla Cove Swim Club’s annual New Year’s morning Polar Bear Plunge, La Jolla Shores Beach, Jan. 1, 2015) (Greg Wiest)
Greg Spire serves up a piping hot bowl of his homemade chili to a chilly Sam Wieck following the plunge. (La Jolla Cove Swim Club’s annual New Year’s morning Polar Bear Plunge, La Jolla Shores Beach, Jan. 1, 2015) (Greg Wiest)
Matt Falkner with his sleepy 2-year-old daughter, Ivy. (La Jolla Cove Swim Club’s annual New Year’s morning Polar Bear Plunge, La Jolla Shores Beach, Jan. 1, 2015) (Greg Wiest)
Revelers ring in 2015 at La Jolla Cove Swim Club’s annual New Year’s morning Polar Bear Plunge, La Jolla Shores Beach, on Jan. 1. (Greg Wiest)
