Island of detached, floating giant kelp (Macrocystis) - with black-vented shearwaters
Macrocystis pyrifera detached paddy & Puffinus opisthomelas 2017 10-08 SB Channel-009
MacrocystispyriferadetachedpaddyPuffinusopisthomelas2017Channel009
Humpback whale tail flukes
Megaptera novaeangliae kelping Macrocystis pyrifera 2017 10-06 SB Channel-101
MegapteranovaeangliaekelpingMacrocystispyrifera2017Channel101
Humpback whale kelping
Megaptera novaeangliae kelping Macrocystis pyrifera 2017 10-06 SB Channel-096
MegapteranovaeangliaekelpingMacrocystispyrifera2017Channel096
Interesting tail flukes water patterns
Megaptera novaeangliae kelping Macrocystis pyrifera 2017 10-06 SB Channel-082
MegapteranovaeangliaekelpingMacrocystispyrifera2017Channel082
Humpback whale kelping
Megaptera novaeangliae kelping Macrocystis pyrifera 2017 10-06 SB Channel-060
MegapteranovaeangliaekelpingMacrocystispyrifera2017Channel060
Humpback whale kelping
Megaptera novaeangliae kelping Macrocystis pyrifera 2017 10-06 SB Channel-052
MegapteranovaeangliaekelpingMacrocystispyrifera2017Channel052
Humpback whale kelping
Megaptera novaeangliae kelping Macrocystis pyrifera 2017 10-06 SB Channel-037
MegapteranovaeangliaekelpingMacrocystispyrifera2017Channel037
Humpback whale kelping
Megaptera novaeangliae kelping Macrocystis pyrifera 2017 10-06 SB Channel-023
MegapteranovaeangliaekelpingMacrocystispyrifera2017Channel023
Humpback whale kelping
Megaptera novaeangliae kelping Macrocystis pyrifera 2017 10-06 SB Channel-033
MegapteranovaeangliaekelpingMacrocystispyrifera2017Channel033
Humpback whale kelping
Megaptera novaeangliae kelping Macrocystis pyrifera 2017 10-06 SB Channel-022
MegapteranovaeangliaekelpingMacrocystispyrifera2017Channel022
A sunny day for relaxing in a drifting giant kelp paddy - California sea lion.
Zalophus californianus in Macrocystis pyrifera detached paddy 2017 06-16 SB Channel-073
ZalophuscalifornianusMacrocystispyriferadetachedpaddy2017Channel073
A sunny day for relaxing in a drifting giant kelp paddy - California sea lion.
Zalophus californianus in Macrocystis pyrifera detached paddy 2017 06-16 SB Channel-098
ZalophuscalifornianusMacrocystispyriferadetachedpaddy2017Channel098
A sunny day for relaxing in a drifting giant kelp paddy - California sea lion.
Zalophus californianus in Macrocystis pyrifera detached paddy 2017 06-16 SB Channel-084
ZalophuscalifornianusMacrocystispyriferadetachedpaddy2017Channel084
Mr. Gull keeps a wary eye out as it rides on a drifting kelp paddy miles offshore.
Macrocystis pyrifera detached paddy & Larus occidentalis 2016 06-04 SB Channel-020
MacrocystispyriferadetachedpaddyLarusoccidentalis2016Channel020
Three elegant terns and a couple of western gulls take a little rest in the middle of the Santa Barbara Channel on a drifting giant kelp paddy.
Macrocystis pyrifera detached paddy & Larus occidentalis & Sterna elegans 2016 06-04 SB Channel-009
MacrocystispyriferadetachedpaddyLarusoccidentalisSternaelegans2016Channel009
Image 3 of 3: a kelping humpback whale.
Megaptera novaeangliae & Macrocystis pyrifera KELPING 2015 08-26 SB Channel-d-069
MegapteranovaeangliaeMacrocystispyriferaKELPING2015Channel069
Image 2 of 3: a kelping humpback whale.
Megaptera novaeangliae & Macrocystis pyrifera KELPING 2015 08-26 SB Channel-314
MegapteranovaeangliaeMacrocystispyriferaKELPING2015Channel314
Image 1 of 3: a kelping humpback whale.
Megaptera novaeangliae & Macrocystis pyrifera KELPING 2015 08-26 SB Channel-d-049
MegapteranovaeangliaeMacrocystispyriferaKELPING2015Channel049
Image 2 of 2: a humpback whale plays with giant kelp
Megaptera novaeangliae & Macrocystis pyrifera KELPING 2015 08-24 SB Channel-003
MegapteranovaeangliaeMacrocystispyriferaKELPING2015Channel003
Image 1 of 2: a humpback whale plays with giant kelp
Megaptera novaeangliae & Macrocystis pyrifera KELPING 2015 08-24 SB Channel-007
MegapteranovaeangliaeMacrocystispyriferaKELPING2015Channel007
A humpback whale is seen playing in giant kelp
Megaptera novaeangliae & Macrocystis pyrifera kelping 2015 08-20 SB Channel-e-001
MegapteranovaeangliaeMacrocystispyriferakelping2015Channel001
An elegant tern rests atop a clump of drifting giant kelp
Sterna elegans on Macrocystis pyrifera floating paddy 2015 05-06 SB Coast-016
SternaelegansMacrocystispyriferafloatingpaddy2015Coast016
From 2015 05-06 SB Coast