A massive school of northern anchovy filled the La Jolla waters yesterday, creating a dark band that stretched along the coast. Robb Daly, an expert naturalist guide with Hike Bike kayak, captured his experience of this cool phenomenon while snorkeling with his group in La Jolla Shores.
"It feels like I was swimming in a snow globe filled with tiny fish!" Robb told us.
Check out this awesome video of his experience with the anchovies!!
Scientists at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography said they haven’t seen such an aggregation in more than 3 decades, and are unclear why the large school moved into shallow waters off the coast.They’re still studying the phenomenon, and members of the Institute have gathered samples for the study. These massive schools are typically located further off shore where they’re not generally seen by the public.
Leopard Sharks and Sea Lion seized the rare encounter to snack on the anchovies. which was also an incredible sight to see!
At Hike Bike Kayak, we encounter incredible sights like this all the time. We swim with huge schools of leopard sharks on our leopard shark snorkel tour, and often times encounter massive pods of up to 200 white sided dolphin from our sea cave kayak tours. We've seen peregrine falcon exchange prey in mid-air, sea lions giving birth in La Jolla cove, and migrating gray whales rub against our kayaks!!
Plenty of unforgettable sights here at Hike Bike Kayak!!
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