It has been pretty good snorkeling in La Jolla this summer. A few weeks back I snorkeled goldfish point, and got to see a young sea lion up close in the water. It zoomed around me a few times, checked out my fins, and then avoided the kayaks to find a rock in the sun. Last week I did the shores after work to swim with the leopard sharks. They seemed to be much shallower than usual - 3 feet of water vs. their usual 5-6 feet of water. Could have just been the surf I guess. Saturday we snorkeled the cove. It was packed with people, but thankfully fish as well. There were lots of critters out. I headed out to the kelp beds and swam among them for a while. Not a whole lot of fish, but when the bottom of the stalks are 25 feet down, you don’t have a lot of air time to slowly explore. Quite a few lobsters out roaming around though and the kelp itself is fun to swim through and around. It feels like a different world when the sun comes out and the visibility is good. Sharp rays burst in star pattern through the water, turning the kelp leaves transparent.
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