Catalina to Mission Bay

On November 3 we left Catalina headed to Mission Bay and were about 30 miles out to sea so we were able to discharge the holding tank and use the Purisan while underway. After a long day of about 8 hours we arrived in Mission Bay. The weather and seas were still great with winds NW 5-10 knots and seas at 2-3 feet at 11 seconds and air temperature about 68 to 70 degrees.

However....when we were about an hour from the breakwater the fog set in thick as pea soup. We could hear the Navy warships report visibility of a 100 to 700 yards. We had visibility of about 75 yards. All eyes were forward as we got closer to the breakwater. It was rather challenging as there were small craft, jet skis, small fishing skiffs, paddle boarders, sailboats and a barge and crane all at the entrance and along the channel. At that time visibility got down to about 50 yards. We made it into the marina and pulled up at the Mission Bay Yacht Club dock around 4pm it was cool, foggy and we were all ready to be safely tied up at the dock. We will stay here for two days and we will head to San Diego Yacht Club on Thursday, 11/5. The weather has been warm during the day around 68 , but drops quickly after the sunsets and the fog comes in.