Ziggy, our new mascot!

Meet Ziggy, our mascot.

Today I took Ziggy on a single kayak, we stayed in the shallows, all he wanted is jump and run in the waves. after 15 minutes of running around, I got him to jump in and out of the boat, still in the shallows, so hopefully next time he will be willing to stay in the boat so we can paddle out and he can join us on tours!

The water temp is rising!

Finally, the water temp is on the rise, 68 degrees today (surface temp of course). Small waves to go through at the take off, refreshing, and fun for all (yes, even for Daisy the Basset Hound)!

We are OPEN!

Fantastic month of April so far; we are happy to say that we opened for the 2014 season April 2nd, with 2 tours daily, and so far we were able to get into the Clam on most of the tours (note that the conditions can change anytime in April).  The afternoon is a little bit windier than the morning, and the water temp is on the cool side (around 60 degrees), but the Sea Lions are basking already around the caves; yesterday on the morning tour we spotted one Leopard shark (it is only one, but it means that they are coming in). Two days ago two juvenile Sea Lions were on the edge inside the Clam, that was a treat! The underwater visibility is pretty good at the caves, we could see the Garibaldi and even in some places the bottom.

In front of Sunny Jim cave.

Sea Lions close to The Clam Cave.

Cruising by Emerald Cove.

Tricia and Emalee following Cyril into The Clam Cave.

Tricia and Emalee coming out of The Clam Cave.

Emalee, Jensen and Dad Brent.

Emalee standing up, good balance!

Val, my very friendly co-pilot today :-)

Fantastic conditions right now!

Today it is again "Lake La Jolla", with no wind, very smooth conditions, lots of Leopard sharks, Sea Lions still hanging in the Clam Cave, air temp 80, water temp 67, ideal conditions!

Yesterday: Small craft advisory - Today: let's go kayaking!

Yesterday we had strong winds and choppy waters, but today is a new and beautiful day!
The 10:00 AM tour had on board Nicolee & Mark whom were celebrating their anniversary, and Bob, Terry, Jen and Austin from Goodyear, AZ. Their guide was Jesse.
They saw Leopard sharks at the Shores, and they met our locals Sea Lions in the Clam Cave. The swell was still rocking a bit at the Cave, but by carefully timing the entry, Jesse was able to get everybody in, one boat at a time and for a short period of time (in and out!).

The group (from left to right):
Nicolee, Mark, Terry, austin, Bob, Jen and Jesse.

Leftover from yesterday's storm:
a seaweed specimen called
Bull Whip Kelp (also called Ribbon Kelp)

Nicolee & Mark
(with Cyril)

Austin's landing.










 Terry's landing.

Another foggy start...

It was foggy again this morning, but not as much as yesterday, today we were able to see the cliff from the shores! And the sun is already coming out (it is 12:21 PM);
The Sea Lions are still hanging in the back of the Clam cave... who knows for how long...

the picture bellow is where we are going...

view from the Shores to the caves

 

Marcia, Bob and Dan

Foggy Day...

It started with a 1 mile visibility this morning at 7:00 AM, but luckily it did clear up for the 9:20 AM Tour. That said because of the grey sky and the waves, we were not able to see many sharks, but all tours did manage to enter the Clam Cave and greet the Sea Lions in the back of the cave :-)
For the first tour we had a group of students from Hilltop, they all did enjoy the waves and the cave very much.

Foggy...

Early set up for the day (we are the Yellow boats!)

Group huddle before take off... GO HILLTOP!

Before things gets loose...

Time to go!

Let's do it!