March 2, 2015
This post shares my snorkel with a lovely horn shark.
So we had this big rain storm this weekend and it was about as bad as predicted. Since run-off contamination after a big rain here in San Diego is always a concern, I knew I had about a week of not being able to hit the beach coming at me (storm time + 72 hours after rains end)… so I ran over there quick on Friday afternoon just as the clouds were rolling in, and look what I found!
Sea lion regulars and a very large horn shark. It’s interesting how differently they behave than leopard sharks, which are very shy and skittish if you dive down on them. This guy wasn’t intimidated by me AT ALL.
This is about when I sighted him:
Chasing him, which wasn’t hard because he didn’t hurry away from me, kind of like a Sevengill:
