A freely drifting open ocean giant kelp debris paddy (Macrocystis pyrifera) hosts numerous California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) and a flock of gulls (Larus sp.).
Macrocystis pyrifera kelp bed 2012 04-29 SB Channel-265
Dolphins exit the kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera).  The one in the center is still dragging a kelp frond.
The upper dolphin is now draped in kelp and the lower dolphin is still playing around with it.
Here we see the upper dolphin rolling in a kelp streamer while the dolphin below comes over to let the kelp run across its skin.
A dolphin glides over some kelp fronds (Macrocystis pyrifera).
Tursiops truncatus in Macrocystis pyrifera bed 2012 04-07 SB Channel-b-001
Macrocystis pyrifera apical fronds 2012 04-07 SB Channel-003
Eschrichtius robustus in Macrocystis pyrifera bed 2012 04-07 SB Channel-b-024
A freely drifting open ocean giant kelp debris paddy (Macrocystis pyrifera) hosts numerous California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) and a flock of gulls (Larus sp.).
A freely drifting open ocean giant kelp debris paddy (Macrocystis pyrifera) hosts numerous California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) and a flock of gulls (Larus sp.).
A freely drifting open ocean giant kelp debris paddy (Macrocystis pyrifera) hosts numerous California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) and a flock of gulls (Larus sp.).
See photo in original gallery.