POSTCARDS: SNORKELERS: COME AND GET YOUR FEET WET; BIRCH AQUARIUM OFFERS `ADVENTURES' : THE FACTS.Byline: Susanne Hopkins Daily News Travel Editor ``What did you do on your summer vacation Summer vacation (also called summer holidays or summer break) is a vacation in the summertime between school years in which students are off for 3 months, depending on the country and district. ?'' ``Oh,'' you say airily, ``I swam with a few sharks, explored a Stone Age archeological site and a few sea caves A sea cave, also known as a littoral cave, is a type of cave formed primarily by the wave action of the sea. The primary process involved is erosion. Sea caves are found throughout the world, actively forming along present coastlines and as relict sea caves on former .'' It's no lie, if you take advantage of the summer snorkeling adventures offered by Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography Scripps Institution of Oceanography: see California, Univ. of. in La Jolla. All you need is a couple of hours on the weekend, some snorkeling experience, snorkeling gear and the desire to swim side-by-side with marine life. Oh, and 20 bucks. The aquarium is sponsoring several adventures for snorkelers, from beginners to advanced, each weekend through the first weekend in September. The idea, says Heidi Hahn, education director for the aquarium, is that the more you know, the more you'll want to protect (the sea and its inhabitants
The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame. ). The mildest adventure - good for beginner snorkelers - explores marine life in Mission Bay. According to Hahn, ``This is really a neat area. Most of Mission Bay is rip-rap (huge rocks positioned to prevent erosion), but this area has its own little beach.'' While visibility is only about 10 feet, there's plenty to see. Snorkelers might spy sea urchins, octopuses, sea cucumbers, starfish, moon snails, wavy-top snails, clams, perhaps even sand dollars and pipe fish. And the waters are calmer than in the ocean. At La Jolla Shores La Jolla Shores is a beach in La Jolla, California, located at the foot of the residential area of the same name. The beach is approximately one mile long and stretches from the sea cliffs just north of La Jolla Cove to Black's Beach under Torrey Pines State Park. , snorkelers can swim WITH the sharks - but they're the most placid breeds, such as smoothound sharks and guitar fish, as well as leopard sharks - which grow up to 5 feet long, and offer quite a thrill, says Hahn. For this advanced level adventure, Hahn advises snorkelers to be prepared to swim through ocean swells to reach the snorkeling area. Up for a bigger challenge? The third adventure features La Jolla-San Diego Underwater Park, a water world of sea kelp, myriad sea life and caves. Hahn says snorkelers are expected to make their way down a narrow path and jump into 15 feet of water in an underwater cave. Once inside the cave you'll see kelp, abalone abalone (ăbəlō`nē), popular name in the United States for a univalve gastropod mollusk of the genus Haliotis, members of which are also called ear shells, or sea ears, as their shape resembles the human ear. , lobster, sea cucumbers and lots and lots of fish there ... and if the cave area is very calm - very, very calm - you'll be taken back into the caves to explore, she adds. From 1 to 3 p.m. on Aug. 16, the aquarium also is sponsoring a special event that combines snorkeling with archeology. In ``Deep into the Past: Snorkeling and Marine Archeology,'' snorkelers will accompany P.M. Masters, former coordinator of marine archeology at Scripps, on an underwater tour of a 4,000-year-old submerged site at La Jolla Shores. ``We'll be concentrating on looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. (American) Indian bowls,'' says Hahn, who explained that in ancient times, the water was further out and native peoples lived on the land that is now under water, so swimmers sometimes find stone bowls hidden in the sand among large beach cobbles cob·ble 1 n. 1. A cobblestone. 2. Geology A rock fragment between 64 and 256 millimeters in diameter, especially one that has been naturally rounded. 3. cobbles See cob coal. tr. . ``It's a protected area, so people can't take them,'' she says, ``but we usually find two or three bowls and then we put them back.'' FYI "For your information." See digispeak. FYI - For Your Information : The trips are all led by naturalists who have some safety instruction, but snorkeling experience is required and all children must be accompanied by an adult. Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla offers snorkeling adventures on Mission Bay from 9 to 11 a.m. Aug 2; 8 to 10 a.m. Aug. 30. La Jolla Shores shark adventures are offered from 9 to 11 a.m. July 26, Aug. 9 and 10; 8 to 10 a.m. Sept. 1; and 9 to 11 a.m. Sept. 6. The sea caves adventure is featured from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday and Aug. 23 and 31. The archeological exploration trip will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Aug. 16. All trips are $20 per person; children 10 and over are invited but must be accompanied by an adult. All participants must know how to snorkel snorkel, tube through which a submarine or diver can draw air while underwater. When in use, the top of the snorkel tube extends above the water surface into the air. and bring their own gear. Reservations are required. For meeting places and reservations, call (619) 534-7336. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Seahorses are among the creatures snorkelers might see during one of the Birch Aquarium adventures at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego UCSD is consistently ranked among the top ten public universities for undergraduate education in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.[3] It is a Public Ivy. [1] For graduate studies, most of UCSD's Ph.D. |
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