Marine wildlife of Four Mile Beach

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 ↓

Giant Kelp

Macrocystis pyrifera, commonly known as Giant kelp or Giant bladder kelp, is a species of kelp (large brown algae), and one of four species in the genus Macrocystis. Giant kelp is common along the coast of the eastern Pacific Ocean, from Baja California north to southeast Alaska, and is also found in the southern oceans near South America, South Africa, and ...more ↓

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