Santa Monica

[diversteve]

GWS mostly are seen off the Farallon's in NorCal. Not that it isn't possible since they also like sea lions but chances are slim and they're not interested in you - you smell like neoprene and make too much noise.

At certain times of year, SixGill sharks migrate thru the Southern Channel islands. They're big sharks but benign.Probably see some horned sharks along the bottom - they're like puppies.

A friend saw blue whale in the kelp once - that's very unusual. He could tell it was big by the way the kelp wall deformed as it passed.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

I’ve heard that Cape Cod right now is way worse for GW problems.
They say Norcal is bad but to be honest we never worry about it.
I’m north of the GG supposedly at ground zero for GW activity and I’ve yet to see one, and I’ve dived some pretty hairy spots that were supposed to be infested and still nothing. There’s also years of freediving for abalone too which puts us at greater risk and you guessed it, nothing.
However... I was walking the dog on a local beach in Bodega Bag called Doran Beach, and I came across a headless harbor seal washed up on the beach. Only one way that happens. There was some footage of a GW cruising the beach in less that 10’ of water on the news a few days before, so that explains it.