Rick_C
Contributor
For a few weeks my wife and I have been snorkeling and freediving with White Seabass. Most of the videos I've seen show White Seabass in kelp forests, but we found a spot where they have been hanging out in the surf zone. They are typically skittish and difficult to approach, but getting close is possible while freediving. On SCUBA the bubbles are too load and will scare the fish. One of the largest fish I nicknamed "Scratchy" and estimate over 4' long. Scratchy has some scratches on her belly and on her right hand side near the tail. There is another one we call "Gash" that has a head wound that is now nearly completely healed. This was filmed in a Laguna Beach MPA (Marine Protected Area)