California Beaches
Do you live in California and like to enjoy the beaches? If you have lived in California for any length of time you are aware that sometimes water quality can be an issue.
Here's one of the go to sources which provides information for the public.
Website - Heal the Bay: https://healthebay.org/
And the here's the 2021 - 2022 Beach Report Card:
https://healthebay.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Beach-Report-Card-2021-2022.pdf
Also just for those who may not be aware. California beaches, at least SoCal beaches, if you are like me over the age of 50 (I'm in my mid 50's), never really had a shark population to think about aside from a few Thresher Sharks, a few Blue Sharks and a very occasional small Leopard Shark. In other words never anything to think about.
However today with a much larger population of Sea Lions Southern California has a sizable Great White Shark population and is a Great White Shark nursery.
But while Great Whites can indeed be dangerous and you have to respect that. But like with many other animals people generally tend to not understand them. Here's a short video to kind of dispell the "Jaws" hysteria about Great Whites.
And with the increase population of Sea Lions and Sharks I hear there's a Los Angeles Pod of Orcas but I haven't confirmed this. But it would make sense since generally in nature the rule of thumb is wherever there is something to eat there is something there to eat it. And orcas of course do hunt Sea Lions and they also hunt sharks for their liver. Nevertheless there have been more sightings of Orcas off our SoCal beaches. Here's a few short vids.
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