Saw a big seal in the line-up today. I was surfing Rincon, at high tide, so it wasn't quite breaking through the proper Bells Bowl today due to a High, High Tide. So I'm paddling through the bowl area, and I saw something fat ducking back into the water at The Bowl. I was closest to it, and I was pretty sure it was a seal... But I bailed towards shore and paddled back out on the inside of two other blokes to improve my general statistics!
I asked a few crew, "did you see that?".
Answer, "see what?"...
I told them to keep their eyes peeled. And 30 seconds later is surfaced behind another surfer, and the surfer obviously heard something and turned around, and instantly started squealing like a pig, and assumed it was a shark, and was paddling to shore, but a few others of us saw it, and confirmed it was a seal! Pretty funny though...
Saw a Fairy Penguin out a Winki about 2 weeks back. Always nice to see those little things poking around, and fishing...
Heaps of bird life around too. Colourful ducks, and plenty of ocean going fishing birds of various types. Whale season is starting too.
We have a great week of surf ahead... Today, 1.5m to 3.0m swell running through. Tomorrow, it is expected to be a 2.0 to 3.0m swell and building. Wednesday is tipped to be up to 4.0m. It's going to be stiff offshore winds though, which is a bit of a dampener... Spray in the eyes...
