
A rainy and overcast day at Pacific Beach is a rarity in the summer but even a day like this can be a great one.
About kelp: for whatever reason, sometimes kelp just creeps me out. I'm talking serious heebie-jeebies. On shore it all looks fine and dandy, no harm in it all. But in the water it's a different story. Out of it's element, the kelp just lays out on the sand like any other harmless plant. It's when I'm in the water that I swear the kelp wraps itself around my leg and tries to pull me under. I know it's not really but when you're 200ft. off shore, waiting and hoping for the swell to build a little, anything that touches your leg in deep water is likely to irk you a bit and send an abrupt surge of panic coursing through your body.
Look at me, seeming like I surf all the time. I don't surf. I really wish I did but my experience with kelp in deep water is pretty much limited to the time I've spent boogie boarding and even that is now more of a past-time than anything. No lie.