Kelp Paddy / Drift Kelp photos

Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean, Macrocystis pyrifera, Prionace glauca, San Diego, California
Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean.
Species: Blue shark, Macrocystis pyrifera, Prionace glauca
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01078  
Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean, Macrocystis pyrifera, Prionace glauca, San Diego, California
Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean.
Species: Blue shark, Macrocystis pyrifera, Prionace glauca
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01081  
Drift kelp, a kelp paddy, floating patch of kelp on the open ocean which attracts marine life and forms of moving oasis of life, an open ocean habitat, aerial photo, Macrocystis pyrifera
Drift kelp, a kelp paddy, floating patch of kelp on the open ocean which attracts marine life and forms of moving oasis of life, an open ocean habitat, aerial photo.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: California
Image ID: 29083  
Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean, Macrocystis pyrifera, Prionace glauca, San Diego, California
Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean.
Species: Blue shark, Macrocystis pyrifera, Prionace glauca
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01153  
Ocean sunfish referencing drift kelp in the open ocean near San Diego, Mola mola
Ocean sunfish referencing drift kelp in the open ocean near San Diego.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 03563  
Drift kelp, open ocean, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Diego, California
Drift kelp, open ocean.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02501  
Half-moon perch, offshore drift kelp, Medialuna californiensis, San Diego, California
Half-moon perch, offshore drift kelp.
Species: Halfmoon perch, Medialuna californiensis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01933  
Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean, Prionace glauca, San Diego, California
Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean.
Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02287  
Ocean sunfish hovers near drift kelp to recruite juvenile fish to remove parasites, open ocean, Mola mola, San Diego, California
Ocean sunfish hovers near drift kelp to recruite juvenile fish to remove parasites, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 10001  
Drift kelp, a kelp paddy, floating patch of kelp on the open ocean which attracts marine life and forms of moving oasis of life, an open ocean habitat, aerial photo, Macrocystis pyrifera
Drift kelp, a kelp paddy, floating patch of kelp on the open ocean which attracts marine life and forms of moving oasis of life, an open ocean habitat, aerial photo.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: California
Image ID: 29082  
Half-moon perch schooling under offshore drift kelp, open ocean, Macrocystis pyrifera, Medialuna californiensis, San Diego, California
Half-moon perch schooling under offshore drift kelp, open ocean.
Species: Halfmoon perch, Macrocystis pyrifera, Medialuna californiensis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02747  
Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean, Macrocystis pyrifera, Prionace glauca, San Diego, California
Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean.
Species: Blue shark, Macrocystis pyrifera, Prionace glauca
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01079  
Drift kelp, open ocean, San Diego, California
Drift kelp, open ocean.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02414  
Juvenile fish referencing on offshore drift kelp, San Diego, California
Juvenile fish referencing on offshore drift kelp.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01260  
Half-moon perch, offshore drift kelp, Medialuna californiensis, San Diego, California
Half-moon perch, offshore drift kelp.
Species: Halfmoon perch, Medialuna californiensis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 05176  
North Pacific Yellowtail, circling offshore drift kelp pursuing smaller fishes which congregate around the kelp paddy, Seriola lalandi, San Diego, California
North Pacific Yellowtail, circling offshore drift kelp pursuing smaller fishes which congregate around the kelp paddy.
Species: North pacific yellowtail, Yellowtail, Kingfish, Seriola lalandi
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07157  
Half-moon perch, offshore drift kelp, Medialuna californiensis, San Diego, California
Half-moon perch, offshore drift kelp.
Species: Halfmoon perch, Medialuna californiensis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 05187  
Ocean sunfish hovers near drift kelp to recruite juvenile fish to remove parasites, open ocean, Mola mola, San Diego, California
Ocean sunfish hovers near drift kelp to recruite juvenile fish to remove parasites, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 10003  
Ocean sunfish hovers near drift kelp to recruite juvenile fish to remove parasites, open ocean, Mola mola, San Diego, California
Ocean sunfish hovers near drift kelp to recruite juvenile fish to remove parasites, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 10005  
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