Moonlight Beach, Encinitas CA
In Weird Aquatic News: Seal Slaps Kayaker With Live Octopus
New Zealand — Well, that was a slap in the face. An Instagram user has uploaded a video that shows a seal swimming up from the depths, armed with an octopus, which it flings across the face of an unsuspecting kayaker. “One seal swims right next to us, having an octopus in his mouth, pops right […]
In World Aquatic News: Sexually Aroused Dolphin Frolics With Swimmers
“Several swimmers were frightened. Zafar (the dolphin) even lifted up a woman swimmer last Thursday with his nose.” CNN reports “The pretty coastal village of Landévennec in Finistère, in France’s northwestern Brittany region, has been terrorized by a sexually aroused dolphin getting too close to swimmers. The dolphins’ antics got so bad that the local […]
Imagine The Longest Time You Ever Rode A Wave – Now Multiply That By 100
North County waves are fun. You go to your favorite break, you paddle hard, ‘fight’ a crowd, get up, ride a few seconds, kick-out, rinse, repeat. Now imagine… One Wave, Eight Barrels, 120 seconds… To say Koa Smith was at the right place at the right time is perfectly accurate. To say he got lucky […]
Too Many Kids Peeing In The Ocean? Global Warming? Lucky Day? Bad Thermometer?
08/16/2018 Newsweek reports – Water temperature readings off the coast of San Diego on August 9 are believed to be the highest ever measured in California waters. Two buoys off the coast logged a sea-surface temperature of 81.3 degrees Fahrenheit, surpassing an earlier high temperature set on August 2. The two buoys, the Torrey Pines […]
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Locals With Business: DMV.ORG Named One of the Best Places to Work by San Diego Business Journal
DMV.ORG, the nation’s largest independent resource for DMV-related information and services, today announced that it was named as one of the Best Places to Work in San Diego in the small-sized company category by the San Diego Business Journal. Honorees are made up of 100 San Diego-based companies from four categories; small, medium, large, and […]
Encinitas Ranked #14 For Desirability By WalletHub
Now The World Knows All About Encinitas… Living on any American coast is expensive. The personal finance site, WalletHub, ranked waterfront cities with 58 metrics including: affordability, weather, safety, economy, education and health, plus quality of life to determine the most livable beach-side communities in the country. WalletHub’s analysis focused on cities with populations between […]
Do Riptides (Rip Currents) Feel Like This To You?
Tough paddle out… Surfers avoid riptides off Australia’s southwestern coast – Source: Travis Marshall Below is a graphic that shows you to swim parallel to the shore first, to get out of the flow, then swim towards shore. Read more on rip current safety.
An Unpredictable Quote About Predictability In San Diego Weather
So… here is the quote, When people expect me to go right, I’ll go left. I’m unpredictable. Paula Abdul Who woulda’ thunk we would quote Paula Abdul? Now for something predictable – San Diego weather. The folks at SaveOnEnergy.com did a study about who has the most predictable. Here are their results: Cities with the […]
Another Day, Another Shark In The Water
More and more sightings of sharks in the SoCal area. Here is the latest news. Monday, July 23, 2018 10 News San Diego reports San Diego is Hot Spot for Shark Attacks: A new survey shows California ranks 4th in the nation for shark attacks and, according to Florida Museum, San Diego County garnered the most shark […]