But There's A Dorsal Fin

Labor Day....beaches....it just seems to go together. We decided that it would be a perfect day to go to our favorite beach, Crystal Cove. Everything came together so nicely; we packed the kids, beach chairs, swimsuits, wetsuits, and towels and headed to the beach.

On the way there, I brought up the picture that made its way around the internet over the past week. You know the one...the great white shark that can be seen in the waves:

We talked about what a fun picture that was, about how there ARE sharks in the water, but that no one ever sees them and they avoid us for the most part.

As we walked down the beach we noticed that the waves were still very large; evidently we're still in some sort of swell pattern that makes for big waves. That's one of the reasons why that picture was so vivid...the wave was large and the photographer happened to catch that picture.

I was doing my favorite beach activity (sitting in the beach chair, reading a book, enjoying the sun, and snacking), when Madi came running up the beach from the ocean where she was playing. Her eyes were huge, and she started yelling "SHARK! I SAW A SHARK IN THE WAVES."

"Madi...it was probably some kelp that you saw," was my reply.

"BUT THERE WAS A DORSAL FIN!"

I said something trite along the lines of "it was probably a seagull on the surface" but started scanning the water (Reagan and Tre' were still in the water, not believing their little sister either). In just a moment I saw a dorsal fin too.....plus another one....plus another one. Then the whole pod of dolphins started surfacing just at the swell line...
Evidently they thought they'd have fun with a day at the beach as well.