Nearshore bloom

If you've been near the ocean recently, you might have noticed that the water looks very brown.  To document this algal bloom, I took a few photos tonight (28 August 2018):

 

 

 

I haven't heard which species of phytoplankton are dominating this event, but if I learn more details I'll add some information to this post.  

If you're interested in learning about algal blooms in general, this document "A Primer On California Marine Harmful Algal Blooms" from the Kudela Lab at UC Santa Cruz is a good place to start.