Marine · Field Notes

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Acadia

Mount Desert Island · Maine, USA 5 sites

Acadia is a marine note that begins above the tide line.
Also seen through Fog Coast
Cabo Pulmo

Cabo Pulmo · Baja California Sur, Mexico 7 sites

Off a coastline where cactus and bare rock run straight to the water, a coral reef survives that by the usual rules should not be here.
Channel Islands

Channel Islands National Park · California, USA 8 sites

Stand at the edge of any of these islands and the sea below is a different color than the water you left on the mainland — darker, colder, busier.
Also seen through Desert & Deep Time
El Nido

El Nido · Palawan, Philippines 6 sites

Wade a few steps off almost any beach in the Bacuit archipelago and the sand drops away into color before you've stopped noticing your feet are wet.
Galápagos

Galápagos · Galápagos, Ecuador 6 sites

A marine iguana looks like no other lizard on Earth for a simple reason: it is the only one that feeds in the ocean.
Glacier Bay

Bartlett Cove · Alaska, USA 6 sites

Stand at the waterline in Bartlett Cove and you are standing on ground the ice only recently let go of.
Also seen through Ice & Glaciers
Kaikōura

Kaikōura · Canterbury, New Zealand 5 sites

Kaikōura is a coast where the land and sea meet at unusual speed.
Komodo National Park

Komodo National Park · East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia 6 sites

Say the name Komodo and most people picture a lizard sunning itself on a dry hillside.
Point Lobos

Point Lobos State Natural Reserve · California, USA 5 sites

Point Lobos is a coast made for looking down.
Also seen through Fog Coast
The Farallones

Farallon Islands · California, USA 5 sites

Thirty miles past the Golden Gate, a cluster of bare granite islands breaks the surface of open ocean — and almost nobody has ever set foot on them.
The Monterey Peninsula

Pacific Grove · California, USA 6 sites

Twice a day the sea backs off the edge of the Monterey Peninsula and leaves a few hours of its own floor exposed.
Also seen through Fog Coast
The Olympic Coast

Olympic National Park · Washington, USA 5 sites

The Olympic Coast is a marine landscape with a forest behind it.
Also seen through Fog Coast
The San Juan Islands

Friday Harbor · Washington, USA 5 sites

Kneel at the edge of the water when the tide is out, and the rock is not bare.
Also seen through Fog Coast
The Similan Islands

The Similan Islands · Phang Nga, Thailand 7 sites

Sail far enough west from the Thai mainland and you reach a scattering of granite islands where the water turns from green to a startling glassy blue,…