2022 06-22 Morro Bay
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2022 06-22 Morro Bay
We took a harbor cruise with “Sub Sea Tours” on board a small boat that had an underwater viewing chamber (which we did not use for various reasons such as poor water clarity and not fitting our marine mammal purposes). We visited the sea lion dock anchored mid-harbor, and saw a few dozen otters. Seas were calm; skies were overcast. The captain spent a considerable portion of our less-than-one-hour tour dangling a rubber shark over the side for the entertainment of one parent and child that used the underwater window. This tour was very cautious and did not get very close to sea otters, and the narration was mostly negative about sea lions (they get on boats, they eat all the bait in the ecosystem). From a moderate distance, we did capture some nice sea lion pics. After the trip we parked on the street and walked. We found a single adult otter resting in a dense Zostera bed and grabbed some nice images. Finally, we drove to Target Rock, at the base of Morro Rock, and photographed the dozen or so otters in the kelp.
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Read More2022 06-22 Morro Bay
We took a harbor cruise with “Sub Sea Tours” on board a small boat that had an underwater viewing chamber (which we did not use for various reasons such as poor water clarity and not fitting our marine mammal purposes). We visited the sea lion dock anchored mid-harbor, and saw a few dozen otters. Seas were calm; skies were overcast. The captain spent a considerable portion of our less-than-one-hour tour dangling a rubber shark over the side for the entertainment of one parent and child that used the underwater window. This tour was very cautious and did not get very close to sea otters, and the narration was mostly negative about sea lions (they get on boats, they eat all the bait in the ecosystem). From a moderate distance, we did capture some nice sea lion pics. After the trip we parked on the street and walked. We found a single adult otter resting in a dense Zostera bed and grabbed some nice images. Finally, we drove to Target Rock, at the base of Morro Rock, and photographed the dozen or so otters in the kelp.
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