Ok, so I had an ok-ish snorkle last weekend, but viz was still a bit sandy so I decided not to post. Also, the thick fog just made the lighting situation hard (read: blurry pics).
But then today was pretty amazing from the second I stepped outside. When I got to the beach, the morning was gorgeous, the ocean was mostly flat, and the sun came out too. I didn't bring any gauges or anything with me so I can't comment exactly on the temp, but I didn't start shivering until about an hour and a half in (which is better than last weekend with that thick fog blotting out the sun). Here's the day:
And the walk down:
And then water - I found leopard sharks! The second I put my mask and snorkle on and dunked my face in the water, I saw one smoothly glide right past me:
The floppy tail always gets me lol...
I was joined by several baitballs today:
A cleaning station:
Nice big giant kelpfish
So I was thinking to myself, ok leopard sharks, wouldn't it be perfect if I got to see a horn shark on this trip too? Then I saw the tell-tale horn with spots...
...continued in next post
But then today was pretty amazing from the second I stepped outside. When I got to the beach, the morning was gorgeous, the ocean was mostly flat, and the sun came out too. I didn't bring any gauges or anything with me so I can't comment exactly on the temp, but I didn't start shivering until about an hour and a half in (which is better than last weekend with that thick fog blotting out the sun). Here's the day:
And the walk down:
And then water - I found leopard sharks! The second I put my mask and snorkle on and dunked my face in the water, I saw one smoothly glide right past me:
The floppy tail always gets me lol...
I was joined by several baitballs today:
A cleaning station:
Nice big giant kelpfish
So I was thinking to myself, ok leopard sharks, wouldn't it be perfect if I got to see a horn shark on this trip too? Then I saw the tell-tale horn with spots...
...continued in next post
