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[*] posted on 5-28-2015 at 08:12 AM


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One other memory; seeing what looked like sea snakes hanging around the sand areas right off the camping beach. They really did not look like eels; they would remain in place, suspended vertically in the water, just hanging out. We gave them a wide berth, knowing how poisonous most sea snakes can be. Anyone else ever see those and ever get a positive ID on them?

[Edited on 5-25-2015 by Hook]


This was my "go to" camping spot for many years as well; 84-94ish... So many great memories there! I too, remember what I thought were spotted eels in the sand there. They were about 18-24" long.




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[*] posted on 5-28-2015 at 08:27 AM


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Quote: Originally posted by Hook  

One other memory; seeing what looked like sea snakes hanging around the sand areas right off the camping beach. They really did not look like eels; they would remain in place, suspended vertically in the water, just hanging out. We gave them a wide berth, knowing how poisonous most sea snakes can be. Anyone else ever see those and ever get a positive ID on them?

[Edited on 5-25-2015 by Hook]


This was my "go to" camping spot for many years as well; 84-94ish... So many great memories there! I too, remember what I thought were spotted eels in the sand there. They were about 18-24" long.


What you fellows saw were most likely harmless 'garden eels'. We used to see them often in the shallows between Pta. Chivato and the Sta. Ines Islands. They were many and in groups. A marine biologist staying with us made the ID when we took him out to spot sea snakes (which we did not find...thankfully?)



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[*] posted on 5-28-2015 at 10:47 AM


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One other memory; seeing what looked like sea snakes hanging around the sand areas right off the camping beach. They really did not look like eels; they would remain in place, suspended vertically in the water, just hanging out. We gave them a wide berth, knowing how poisonous most sea snakes can be. Anyone else ever see those and ever get a positive ID on them?

[Edited on 5-25-2015 by Hook]


This was my "go to" camping spot for many years as well; 84-94ish... So many great memories there! I too, remember what I thought were spotted eels in the sand there. They were about 18-24" long.


What you fellows saw were most likely harmless 'garden eels'. We used to see them often in the shallows between Pta. Chivato and the Sta. Ines Islands. They were many and in groups. A marine biologist staying with us made the ID when we took him out to spot sea snakes (which we did not find...thankfully?)



We met an American biologist ("El Cuervo") last Thanksgiving at El Coyote beach last year, he comes and camps and does research, he loves to teach any children that may be around the area: he sets up little aquariums on the beach for the children to learn and observe...




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[*] posted on 5-28-2015 at 11:03 AM


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We met an American biologist ("El Cuervo") last Thanksgiving at El Coyote beach last year, he comes and camps and does research, he loves to teach any children that may be around the area: he sets up little aquariums on the beach for the children to learn and observe...


Carlos, sounds like you met our old Coyote Bay friend, The Raven Man. Quite a nice character who has been doing research on our two ravens at Coyote for many years. He calls them Coy and Ote (Ki and Otie). I think I first met him around 1987 or so...when I saw this head with a telephoto-camera hunched over and cautiously creeping along my seawall towards the ravens sitting in my tree. What a fun sight that was!

Here's his camper over at the bay's camping beach.





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[*] posted on 5-28-2015 at 01:22 PM


Thanks for solving this, Roger. They certainly look like the garden eel pics I see on Wiki.
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