California Science Center Kelp Forest Census

This project seeks to record the occurrence of giant kelp along the coast of California from Point Conception to the Mexican border and including all of the Channel Islands since the extremely warm water temperatures that occurred in the summer of 2014.

We are looking for images of live kelp attached to the reef, images of kelp that has broken loose from the bottom and is drifting freely, and images of kelp that has washed up on the beach.

All images must have been taken after November 1, 2014, and would preferably have coordinates associated with them.

So where have you see giant kelp in the waters off our coast since November 1, 2014? less ↑