2016 05-04 SB Coast
A few stratus wisps were all that remained of the fog we had yesterday, and they underlaid a much higher layer of cotton ball cumulus. The sky, along with absolutely no wind, created a sea state zero that might best be described as oily glass that got even more oily as we passed Campus Point and headed west past the seeps.
12 noon
Dave took the Condor Express along the kelp highway almost to the Elwood Oil Pier. We started following a pair of gray whales...a mother and her calf...at the outer edge of the kelp at Coal Oil Point. The pair maintained their course and speed and had very short down times. The mother fluked-up on almost every dive, which is unusual, and the reflection of both animals on that glassy ocean surface was breath-taking.
This gallery exhibit starts with a few ocean abstracts just to get everyone in the mood.
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Read More12 noon
Dave took the Condor Express along the kelp highway almost to the Elwood Oil Pier. We started following a pair of gray whales...a mother and her calf...at the outer edge of the kelp at Coal Oil Point. The pair maintained their course and speed and had very short down times. The mother fluked-up on almost every dive, which is unusual, and the reflection of both animals on that glassy ocean surface was breath-taking.
This gallery exhibit starts with a few ocean abstracts just to get everyone in the mood.
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