Natural Oil Seep - Redondo

I didn’t know it, but there are several natural oil seepage areas in the Santa Monica bay. One occurs regularly slightly outside of my harbor. We sailed through it on Sunday and it looks just like oil spills do on the news. Just a layer of thick oil on top of the water, causing it to look very calm there, and the smell is difficult to bare.

A Cenoura doesn’t seem to care, but I’ll remember to avoid heading in that area when I take out people who have never been sailing before. It makes for an unpleasant few minutes while sailing through it or downwind of it.