We finally jumped into the water! Neither of us had been snorkeling in years! Newly equipped with light summer wet suits, snorkel and masks (a great Costco find) and Church Hill fins, we headed out with our trusty dingy motoring to a quiet bay with a kelp forest. This is where all the fish are! We anchored the dingy on a clump of seaweed, slipped into the cooler water, but immediately forgot the temperature as we were awed by the spectical of swirling grasses, schools of fish as the tempo of the surging waters lifted us up and down. We saw the bright orange California Gerabaldi and smaller schools of electric blue fish and even a huge sting ray, maybe 5 ft across! Way better than the Monterrey Bay Aquarium. So fun and glad we got our feet wet.
Later, sitting on the foredeck, a bald eagle swooped down in front of the boat and snatched up a small fish! Wow! It's rare to see that!
We re-anchored today to escape a huge kelp bank that wrapped its tentacles around both our bow and stern anchors. We moved to a clearer spot in the bay and are now swinging freely with the wind.
It's cocktail time on 5:30pm, watching the new boats come in to the bay while a fresh breeze blows in the fog. Our wind generator hums along storing energy for the needed battery power and here comes the Coast Guard boat to anchor for the night...deciding what to do tomorrow....nice.
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