San Simeon Polar Bear Dip: A bracing start to 2013

Published: January 2, 2013 

About 30 'polar bears' frolicd in the ocean at San Simeon Cove on New Year's Day.

Photo by Merle Bassett — Special to The Cambrian

About 30 brave souls (out of a gathering of about 80 people) took the plunge about 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1, on a bright, sunny day at San Simeon Cove during the 14th annual polar bear dip, which also included a barbecue.

That’s down from about 40 who went into the waves in 2012, but up from only eight in 2010.

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