La Jolla, CA Kayak Tour of the 7 caves and some fun facts:

La Jolla, CA Kayak Tour of the 7 caves  and some fun facts:

The kayaking tour took us through the Ecological Reserve and provided a lot of fun interesting facts about the area.  While we didn’t get to paddle through the 7 sandstone caves because of the strong swells, we got to cruise alongside them and see the sea lions.  They were quite funny with their barking as they played king of the mountain.  One even ‘bitch’ slapped another and then tossed her bum smack dab on top of the others head!  She then proceeded to get situated while keeping half her body on top of the other sea lion…How Rude.  These creatures carry quite the horrendous smell especially the males.  The males have a hard knot on their skull for fighting since they will battle it out for the land of women….more or less male sea lions are pimps.  Another interesting fact is the sea lions has whiskers which act as feelers much like our fingers.  When you see them balance a ball it never touches their nose.  It is actually held up by their whiskers.

The Liberal Waters:

The garibaldi fish is the California State Saltwater fish.  It looks like a large, glowing orange goldfish.  It is a hermaphrodite.  The fish starts out as a female, takes up shop in a portion of the ocean where it is uninhabited by males and proceeds to eat up the green string looking seaweed which gives it the energy to morph into a male.  This fish can change sex twice in it’s lifetime.  As our guide stated, “This quite fitting since California has a high rate of sex change procedures every year.“

There’s a Leopard in the Water:

The Leopard shark inhabits La Jolla’s Ecological Reserve.  This shark has a small mouth and provides people the opportunity to swim with the sharks without having to get in a cage or worry about being taken down by Jaws.  As our tour guide stated, “You need to worry more about the cougars on the beach attacking you than the leopard sharks!“

Cave drinking:

It’s thought that back in the 1920s during Prohibition all the alcohol that was smuggled in through Mexico came through one of the caves along the La Jolla Ecological Reserve.  Someone should turn this cave into a bar! 

There’s an underwater band:

The guitarfish is a bottom feeder.  It has the head of a skate and the tail of a shark. 

Rose Canyon Fault:

Along the coastline line lies $5-10mm homes with no home owner’s insurance because of the fault line.  Due to the continual weathering of the shoreline these homes backyards shrink year after year and eventually are deemed condemned.  Two options exist.  Tear it down before it falls into the reserve or leave it to pollute the ocean.  If the owner leaves it they will be heavily find and required to pay clean up fees as parts of the home fall into the waters of the reserve.  This is one of California’s highest fines.

The commentary was great from our guide, David, at Bike and Kayak Inc. in La Jolla.  It was extremely disappointing and pricey to paddle out to the caves only to be told we would not be venturing into any of the caves.  We didn’t realize this could even be a possibility since we had paid for the 7 caves tour.  Oh and there was a group with another company going in the caves.