Surfers for Cetaceans' environmental campaign TransparentSea voyage has come to an end in Mission Bay, San Diego, California...
It's been the most AMAZING trip; the highlights being swimming with a superpod (100s and 100s) of wild common dolphins, taking action in LA harbour and of course, meeting the blue whales just miles off the coast of Newport beach (can you believe I was swimming with 2 two 90 foot prehistoric creatures who were more than happy to hang out with us and even followed us back to shore)!!
Here's Roxy Australia Team Rider and Surfers for Ceteaceans ambassador Lauren Lindsey Hill in a quiet moment with the whales. Our whole crew was stunned into silence...
Until they headed for Dave and my kayaks and went right underneath them almost touching us... everyone errupted into WHOOPS at that point!
We couldn't believe how gentle these creatures were, and after being hunted to the brink of extinction in the last 2 centuries due to commercial whaling, clearly they have the biggest hearts on the planet with such capaicity for compassion and forgiveness...(and they do aswell - their hearts being as big as a compact car!)
TransparentSea drew attention to many issues down the coast of Southern California with regards to marine mammals, buying locally, and supporting organisations such as SurfRider Foundation, SurfAid International and Environmental Defence Centre (plus many more).
The team sailed roughly 300 miles in peddle powered Hobie kayaks through sun, wind, fog... making music, art, holding events, cleaning beaches and surfing classic spots such as Malibu and Trestles along the way.
Eternal gratitude goes out to "the family" for opening their arms to me and already we are looking forward to the next TransparentSea in Europe!
Check out the video (you can spot my pink K.Meador wetty and inability to string a sentance together!)
Join the global collective at Women for Whales
Thanks to Hilton for all the 'hero shots"
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