"So noted," he replies with a quiet laugh as they wade in. She's right, the water is, apparently, always nice in California. He stops wading when the water's up to about waist-height on him.

((Having now had a chance to visually check the comparison between someone who's 6'1" and someone who's 5'9", Purple comes up to about brow height on him, so I'd estimate the water would be about... hip deep for her.))