The Coastal Bulletin

d-fitfs

I did see a couple decent sized barred sandbass. Saw what looked like a white seabass 20 ft away there the other day. Returned back at night and visibility was a lot worse. Only small lobster near the edge.

CoreyMyDude

I went snorkeling off the marine room and saw multiple fish (including several yellowtails), lobsters, a moray eel, and a sea turtle. This is the best visibility I have ever experienced at the Shores. Everybody should get out there right now!

SoCalDiver

Absolutely amazing conditions at the shores today. Visibility was off the charts good! Never seen it this clear in my 14yrs of diving at the shores. Visibility did drop a little when we dropped into the secret garden at 125fsw. I would say vis at that depth was about 30. Went paddle boarding after the dive in the Marine room and said hello to the local sea turtles.

casey_cole

Spotted three green sea turtles this morning near the edge of the la jolla shores canyon! 💚

NauticalNickCaptain

Bioluminescence spotted in the waves at La Jolla shores last night

casey_cole

The octopus saga continues at LJ Shores! Between morning and afternoon, I spotted at least 10 today! 🐙

NauticalNickCaptain

Bioluminescence is back, very strong last night October 15th.

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Bioluminescence last night at La Jolla beaches

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Bioluminescence in mission bay, and fish are the ones playing in it. Credit: @erikjepsen on instagram

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Bioluminescent fireworms

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Hurricane swell + kelvin wave tides = flooding in laguna Credit: @thewatsons_7 on insta

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Elephant Seal seen 1 mile off dana point Credit: @drewmurphs on instagram

SoCalDiver

Beach dive a the shores and went out to the North Wall at about 5:30pm. Visibility was a solid 20ft with an abundance of lobster with several large lobsters in the mix as well as lots of local sheepshead and other species hanging around. Water temp at North Wall was 68 degrees at 78ft. Also hit the secret garden and the water temp dropped slightly to 64 degrees at 100ft.

NauticalNickCaptain

Strong bioluminescence still in mission bay. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeLwvrQyqLf/?stkn=Ymg0N2hjZ2I0d244 Fireworm photo: Mariana Rocha De Souza (San Diego Snorkel Report)

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Bioluminescent fireworms at mission bay now in addition to regular dinoflagellate bioluminescence. The both creates this beautiful sight. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeLMyw8hUGS/?stkn=ZWp2ODdhMDZuMHB0

NauticalNickCaptain

Still very strong bioluminescence in the bay. The best spot is being reported as Ski Beach.

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Orca spotted in Laguna beach! Source: https://m.facebook.com/groups/DanaPointUnplugged/permalink/3736888089844133/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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Another night of very strong bioluminescence at mission bay. People are reporting it’s concentrated in deeper water, about 100 feet from shore. If you go to fiesta island you can get to deeper water without having to swim out as far.

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An Orca whale was spotted in the shallow water of Mission Point Park, Mission bay, San Diego. This happened in the morning. The observer stated that the orca swam around the bay for a bit then left through the channel. This is likely a tropical orca, which have been moving up to SoCal due to El Niño overheating their home range. Credit: Casey Cole on Facebook.

NauticalNickCaptain

Bioluminescence at 8pm, 9.28 Specifically Fiesta Island of Mission Bay

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Bioluminescence in mission bay still! Looks really strong. Glad to see it hasn’t faded. Link: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dd3B9sIJvgM/?stkn=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

naielle

bio luminescence at Crownpoint Shores this morning at 4 AM

NauticalNickCaptain

Bioluminescence again in mission bay. Really strong too. Link to video: https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=936464702420026&id=100065040300112&mibextid=wwXIfr

CoreyMyDude

At Lover’s Cove I saw a sea turtle, a couple of kelp fish, and a ton of lobsters. There are still plenty of fish in lovers Cove even though there aren’t too many at casino point due to the kelp being dead from the El Niño. There usually isn’t kelp at lovers cove, so the fish weren’t very affected.

NauticalNickCaptain

Bioluminescence in Mission bay again last night. Thursday 9/24

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Bioluminescence reported on Wednesday the 23rd. Fainter than on the 22nd.

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Bioluminescence in mission bay! This was on Tuesday 9/22. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTyLPdS4G/

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Bioluminescent fireworms are being reported in mission bay on the local Facebook groups! For anyone wondering what those are, they're a type of seaworm, roughly 1.2 inches, that typically live on the seafloor of bays. On rare occasions at night they perform a mating ritual where the females release a glowing trail behind them and swim around in tight circles. The display only lasts 30 min.

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Bioluminescence in mission bay! Credit: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdX5xc2BIC9/?stkn=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

erymanthian_boar

🌅 El Nino Sighting: Dozens of mobular rays off Point Loma Peninsula! My buddy and I took his boat out to a few spots today to find mobular rays after seeing it on the news. Only saw them near Point Loma, about a half mile offshore from Cabrillo Monument. We saw SO MANY. And they were breaching like crazy! And we also saw a TON of flying fish!

NauticalNickCaptain

Kelp forest died off due to el nino. Kelp can't withstand the warmer temperatures. People are reporting the whole kelpforest off of la jolla cove died off.

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Kelp Forest Die Off: The sustained high ocean temperatures in august and september have been too high for kelp. A whole lot of the kelp on catalina island has died off.

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Phytoplankton bloom. Green water. It’s decent visibility though regardless

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🚨 Rip tides and strong currents at Torrey pines. Lifeguards posted warning signs not to swim. I swam anyway and got stuck in one and had a tough time getting out. The waves were big too - and I kept getting sucked back into crashing waves when I was trying to get out. Watch out!

Kylesmarie

Massive amount of leopard sharks and one hammerhead spotted close to shore!

NauticalNickCaptain

A whale shark was spotted off of Malibu by @ryderdevoe on Instagram. It was far offshore, between Malibu and Santa Barbara Island. This El Niño is bringing all kinds of strange tropical sea creatures to SoCal!

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Phytoplankton bloom. Water has been dark green for a couple days. Z

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Thresher shark sighting reported off of la jolla shores, swimming over the edge of the canyon. The reporter, local diver Stephen Wright, posted pictures and videos of the sighting to the San Diego Dive Report Facebook group. Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/897456667743935/permalink/2268186337337621/