Over Memorial Day weekend (5/23) we drove down to La Jolla (pronounced "La-Hoy-Ya") in San Diego to go on their Kayaking Caves Tour. We took an underwater camera with us and so had to get it developed the old fashion way, which ended up taking over two weeks to get developed. But I finally have them!
Here we are with all our gear before we headed down to the beach.
Here I am patiently waiting for our tour guide to show up. As you can see, helmet and life jacket complete with an orange whistle. Safety first. There were 4 or 5 other couples that were on our tour, pretty small compared to some of the groups we saw going out after we had returned.
This is the view from our kayak once we got out into the water. Since I was in the front seat I was pretty much drenched from the waist down but the sun was out so it wasn't too bad. The waves were only about 3 feet high, so it actually wasn't too hard to get out there. The night before I was fearing 10 ft swells crashing on me.
Once we were out in the water, we then saw where we were paddling too. We made plenty of stops along the way to look at the leopard sharks below us (leopard sharks are bottom feeders and eat worms, mollusks, crustacians, octopuses, and small fish) as well as the architecture along the coastline and learned about the ecosystem.
This one came out a bit blurry but right on those rocks are sea lions.
Finally, we made it to the caves. We were the last group to go through.
And here we are inside the cave. We saw pelicans, garibaldi fish, sea lions, leopard sharks, and had a great time. The best part was riding the waves back to the beach, no paddling necessary and it was a pretty good adrenaline rush. Our kayaking trip took about an hour and a half and was totally worth it. We both had an amazing time. Once we got back and got changed we had a lovely brunch at a local restaurant, we definitely worked up an appetite.
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