The Carlsbad Coastal Kelppy

Carlsbad Kelp Bed

Each year starting in May and rolling into June, the Carlsbad Village coast becomes engulfed with the thick “May Gray” and “June Gloom”. The sky becomes dull and the annual wave of village visitors stare skyward in search for the Sunny North San Diego weather.

The sky is not the only congestion noticed each year. The Carlsbad ocean just beyond the crashing swell becomes thick with coastal kelp beds due to oceanographic upwelling that delivers the cool nutrient-rich water that kelp beds thrive on.

Have you seen/smelled the thick mass of the Carlsbad kelp beds?


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