mike_s
Contributor
Ask a rescue chopper pilot what color is best spotted on the surface of the ocean from the air...
My guess would be bright orange, yellow or Lime green. (the lime green might blend in on some waters though.)
but that is my though also, what is best seen by rescue personel and also by other boaters who are coming too close and didn't initially see you.
Dana, are your eyes failing on you, or your memory? My yak is hunter/blaze orange!
"yum yum yellow" is a nickname navy sailors gave to the mae west vest after biologist determined that sharks can see colors and yellow was the preferred color for them. I haven't noticed any special interest in my yak by fish.
This shark likes yellow kayaks... (no this pic wasn't photo-shopped. it was in national geographic and is real.)