Monday, August 10, 2009

Warm Water, Cold Blood



It was a beautiful weekend at the beach, with higher sea temperatures making thick wetsuits, booties and gloves unnecessary. Saturday night I surfed waist-high lefts at low tide until I was the last person out and I couldn't see the waves anymore. It was nice to surf barefoot and wiggle my piggies freely under the water again.

Of course, it seems like the warm currents might have a few drawbacks. Biologists are blaming Sunday's shark sightings at Seaside, OR on those toasty temps, which bring more marine life close to shore. Come to think of it, I wasn't the only one out at 9pm — There was a sea lion messing around on the next peak over. The video above is from Depoe Bay, OR Sunday, where a great white was entangled in a crab pot line 80 miles south of Seaside. Sharks here, sharks there, sharks everywhere. Will somebody tell them that Shark Week ended last week?

4 comments:

Gaz said...

I got 150 waves in 60 minutes, they were about 12' long each......

Chum said...

On a 10' board you could almost walk the whole distance...

Good to see you Gaz!

Slim said...

Just waiting for a couple of its last neurons to fire and latch down on that kid's ankle. Surf was good Sunday though. And Yesterday.

rob70 said...

what was the deal with the dolphin pup? Was that in it's gut?