Underwater wave surfing Porp dudes at Strumble...

Glorious sunshine and a slight NW breeze made for comfortable porp watching and Gannet surveying today. High tide was around 0930 so when i arrived at 13.15, the tide was running west pretty fast. The tide race had some impressive waves despite the small amount of wind. There was a lot of Gulls concentrated just in front of me so i scanned below them. They hardly showed above the surface but the views of them surfing just below breaking waves was a joy! I had set up with my big 20x80 bins in front of my car and a comfy seat, at the car-park above the lookout which gave a better view being higher and giving a better angle to look down on them.sadly no pics but anyone with a drone would have had a ball! Being able to see beneath the waves gave a much better view of the porpoises and it was obvious there were more present than you would expect just from the small amount of visible surfacings I estimated 8-10. It was the Herring Gulls rather than the Gannets that betrayed the whereabouts of the porpoises, with around thirty gulls and only a handful of gannets although these included three adults also one second year, one third year, and a fourth year subadult which was interesting.As they moved down with the tide i watched them pass behind the lighthouse. I thought the porp fest was over but soon after a second group came by this time probably six or seven which followed the first group with the dropping tide until half an hour later they passed from view. A lovely couple of hoursspent. While I was watching I was joined by the son of an old friend Maurice North, with his wife abnd daughter. Maurivce joined us on several of our Celtic Deep surveys but sadly i was told he has passed on he was a nice bloke and i was sad to hear of his passing but it was nice to meet his younger relatives and his grandaughterat Strumble. If he was up ther in the ether he would have been smiling!