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Otter:That the rain cleans things up. While I wish it were true, the reality is all of the urban polution that sits on the streets (like motor oil, bacteria from animal waste, insecticides) are repopulated daily and that aren't even visible. So after every rain, all that stuff flows downstream. I have seen too many people go into the water too soon only to come home with ear infections and sometimes respiratory infections. Its an individual's call on this, I'd like to know when the last rain hit SD.
I notice the beach advisory is still up for La Jolla Shores, but maybe it will be removed later today.
Data, we need data
With the occasional light rain, you are correct, but with the torrential downpour we've had nonstop for two weeks (the wettest October in San Diego's recorded history) it'll take some time to redeposit. The next rain will bring it back out to the ocean, but right now, the whistles been blown and everyone needs to get back in the water. Having been in San Diego's water a couple of times a week for the last three years or so, I have in fact seen water quality improve immediately following a prolonged onslaught of rain such as we've just had. The sewage spill is not a consideration, because it occured in the very southern part of San Diego, with the only beach closures due to the spill being Ocean Beach and points south. La Jolla Shores is waaaaaaaaaay north of that point and with the current running south, it is not going to be a problem. Feel free to come and meet everyone at the BBQ (as I am 
) or come to dive (which I'll be doing also). The locals are diving, and we don't dive when it's nasty or harmful.
