We went into a local dive shop this morning and got suited up for the snorkel with seals. We each wore a 7mm "farmer john" wetsuit (overalls), and a 7mm long sleve wetsuit jacket. Plus of course booties and a hood. This is the coldest water that we've ever snorkeled in at about 12C (53F). With us we had a guide, boat pilot (from the very similar Tofino, Canada), underwater photographer, and two other customers that had never snorkeled before. We took a gutted out van down to the docks, and hopped on a small boat that took us out to a cove where hundreds of seals laid out on the rocks. We basically then jumped in the water, and half swam, half crawled over seaweed covered rocks. Initially the water was really cold, but once
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