The National Park Service is warning surfers, snorkelers and swimmers that it’s the great white shark birthing season off the California coast and the creatures are making their presence known as they attack seals.
Sea lions were recently attacked by great whites on three occasions off Santa Barbara Island, a popular snorkeling area about 40 miles south of Ventura.
A weekend great white off Santa Barbara’s East Beach led officials to keep youngsters in the Junior Lifeguard program on the beach Monday and Tuesday. On Sunday, a great white pup was found dead at Rincon Beach.
Marine Conservation Science Institute president Michael Domeier says pregnant females give birth this time of year in shallow California waters.
Sorry for being a dive and blogging slacker, but in my other life, I’ve been busy trying to get a squatter out of my home.
When the day comes, and it should be soon, I will try and throw a massive The Evil Bitch Is Gone Party.
I also have heard that our seas have been plagued by heavy surf and red tide, so maybe I haven’t missed as much as I think.
As everyone should know, the oil is still leaking in the Gulf of Mexico.
Yesterday, I was pumping gas at an ARCO Station when I noticed the guy getting gas in front of me had a “Boycott British Petroleum” bumper sticker.
As he’s pumping gas in an ARCO?
Anyway, ocean current models are predicting that the oil will basically ruin the whole Eastern United States coastline.
Optimistic reports, usually made by BP, suggest that we will just “clean it up.”
The other extremes is that the oil will poison the ocean, and when the oil runs dry, the empty cavern will implode causing a tsunami that will wipe out the costal communities of the Southern Unites States.
