Four Mile beach on the isolated stretch of coast north of Santa Cruz is a great place for relaxing with the family, catching a few waves, and also seeing some amazing marine wild life. Over the last 10 or so years I have been surfing off and on at this beach and have seen most (if not all) of ...more ↓
Egregia menziesii is a species of kelp known commonly as feather boa kelp. It is native to the coastline of western North America from Alaska to Baja California, where it is a common kelp of the intertidal zone. It is dark brown in color, shiny and bumpy in texture, and may reach over five meters long. It grows a branching stipe from a thick holdfast. It bears long, flat, ...more ↓