Walking around boat shows these days I see plenty of boat dealers boasting about the 400 and 500 mile range (per fuel tank) of the boats that they’re selling.
More info: ocean-institute.How far will your boat travel on a tank of fuel? Cost is $45 for adults, $25 for children 4-17. The tour explains nocturnal world of marine birds, sea lions, and bioluminescent plankton. The cruises show how some marine animals can glow in the dark.
Interested in learning more about bioluminescence? Here are two ways: #sandiego #10news #sandiegogram #sandiego_ca #sosandiego #mysdphoto #sandiego.city #visitcalifornia #wildcalifornia_ #westcoast_exposures #longexposure #longexpohunter #weownthenight #weownthenight_ca #night_excl #night_shooterz #longexpo_addictionĪ post shared by San Diego Photography on at 8:32am PDT He and his friends quickly grabbed their surfboards.īioluminescence ??. Huntington Beach surfer Paul Torrealba remembers camping in 2012 at San Onofre State Beach and noticing the bright blue waves while out for a walk. “It looks like you’re in outer space.”Ĭheck out this video of a surfer taking on bioluminescent waves in 2011. We’re sitting out there by the rock, we’re just seeing fish zoom by,” Serpa said. “Every time we raked the water, paddling, it just exploded with this blue color.
He got up and the duo paddleboarded into the neon water. You can see fish swimming through the water like ghosts,” Serpa recalled his friend saying. He remembers one winter night in the mid-90s when a co-worker woke him up with a midnight phone call to check out the glowing water. Retired Doheny State Park ranger Jim Serpa said he’s seen red tide dozens of times through the years, sometimes lasting months. #torreypines #delmar #lajolla #sandiego #california #socal #southerncali #southerncalifornia #bioluminescence #waves #ocean #coast #beautiful #blue #nature #naturelovers #naturephotography #longexposure #longexpo #longexpoelite #longexposure_shots #teamcanon #canonusa #canonglobal #canon80d #photos #photoset #photography #yescnnĪ post shared by Daniel Humphrey on at 7:11am PDT Seeing that electric blue flowing through the waves was an incredible experience, and the pictures certainly don’t do it any justice. I’m paying for it today, but it was so worth it. Made my way out to Torrey Pines last night to see the bioluminescence that was coming in with the tide. The last time red tide was seen in the area was in 2013, according to Scripps. Circulation patterns create dense groups of the red tide organisms over the troughs of the waves. and 1 p.m.Īt midday, the photosynthetic organisms swim upward toward the light, creating a thin, dense layer near the surface. Steers said these kinds of tides are more common during spring and summer months, showing up when the weather warms.Īccording to Scripps biological oceanographer Peter Franks, the actual red tide is most visible during the day between 11 a.m. Julianne Steers, Marine Biologist and Director of Husbandry for the Ocean Institute in Dana Point, said it’s very likely Orange County will see the red tide bloom that illuminated the ocean further south. The sightings began Monday, May 7, and were observed from La Jolla to Encinitas. Scientists do not know how long the current red tide will last, as previous events have lasted anywhere from one week to a month or more. There is no red tide monitoring program, but the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System at Scripps Oceanography performs weekly sampling for potential harmful algal toxins. Red tides are unpredictable and not all of them produce bioluminescence. And the reward for that was worth the lack of sleep I got that last night.” Red tides “Going down there on an adventure to try and find glowing waves was definitely an experience I don’t think we’ll ever forget. At about 2:30 a.m., knowing he had to be up by 6 a.m., he headed back to Newport Beach. Glenn said he found the best viewing in Oceanside and Carlsbad, at a secluded spot where people quietly watched with their car headlights turned off and without camera flashes ruining the moment. The red tide is due to bioluminescent dinoflagellates that, when moved by water or waves, “glow neon blue at night,” according to the announcement.