My new wet suit works great, but I need more lead on my weight belt. I had 10 lbs, but was still too buoyant. The snorkel/free dive was well worth the surge today. There were more fish in the water than I’ve ever seen during the summer. The sea lions were especially playful today as well, maybe they have recovered from tourist-snorkel-horde burnout. I had one nip my fins, and another nip the wet suit pull strap. They did the usual swim around to check me out, as well as some speedy acrobatic chases with each other. Some of the most fun I’ve had in the water this year. I got out thinking, “Why am I not here every day?” We are spoiled rotten to be so close to such a great area.