Moon Jellies Monday Surf & Culture Report



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Saturday past the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium had it's GRAND OPENING!  We got the deluxe tour from Jose Bacallao, who took us behind the scenes.  The standout new addition had to be the seven million dollar life support system!  It included, salinity, ph, temperature and a dozen more things to insure a perfect environment for the sea creatures in their care.  He suggested that if the Familia was interested he could do another tour for those who didn't make it to the opening!  If you're interested let's get together and schedule another trip to Cabrillo.  We could also check out the break there at the point!  A couple of our faves were the seahorses (#1) and the octopus (#2).  In all the places we've snorked, we've never seen a seahorse, but it was fun to see a live one close up.  

Mostly sunny this morning with 15 miles visibility.  Winds were light offshore 1 to 3kts and the sea surface had a slight tack.  The air temperature was 55.0º and the water was 64.2º.  We know this because, and you're not going to believe it, we took a bit of a dip and body surf.  We typically avoid plunging into water that's a lower temp than our age, but we threw caution to the wind and jumped in.  We owe Bacallao a debt of thanks because he got us to go in on Friday, albeit with a wetsuit, but this time we barebacked it and somehow emerged smiling.  Low tide was at 6:25am -1.1' and high tide is at 1:05pm +3.3'.  It's a SSW swell out of 204º at 2.3' and it was 1' to 2' and really clear.
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it"
The Professor!!
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