Predictably we saw four Giant Pacific Octopus this afternoon on the clay wall at Mukilteo State Park. Since the tide was out and slack it was a fairly shallow <60' dive with only the slightest hint of current.
I swam with a herd of tubesnouts for a while, saw a Sun Star threesome locked in mortal combat and watched a good sized cabezon pretend it was invisible. That and all the rest of the stuff we always see.
As we were swimming back across the eel grass at 15' I heard a whomp and sure enough we were buzzed by a sea lion. I think it slapped its tail on the surface before dive bombing us.
The sky was broken clouds with only a slight breeze when we entered the water but we came up to a good blow with white caps across to Whidbey Island. A squall was moving up Sound and a lone sailboat was working its way North from Possession Head running before the wind with a following sea.
Beautiful PNW day.
I swam with a herd of tubesnouts for a while, saw a Sun Star threesome locked in mortal combat and watched a good sized cabezon pretend it was invisible. That and all the rest of the stuff we always see.
As we were swimming back across the eel grass at 15' I heard a whomp and sure enough we were buzzed by a sea lion. I think it slapped its tail on the surface before dive bombing us.
The sky was broken clouds with only a slight breeze when we entered the water but we came up to a good blow with white caps across to Whidbey Island. A squall was moving up Sound and a lone sailboat was working its way North from Possession Head running before the wind with a following sea.
Beautiful PNW day.
