A surfer catches a ride at Cowell's as the early morning sun glistens off the water. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)
The free flowing forms of afternoon clouds juxtaposed with the linear geometry of power poles and wires create a graphic tapestry along Trafton Road in Pajaro on Sunday. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)
A large cloud bank forms a dramatic backdrop looking north of the Pajaro River Bridge on Sunday. After Monday's respite from rain, showers are forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday. (Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel)
A pleasure boat heads out to sea as a slight haze has yet to lift off the Monterey Bay on Sunday morning. (Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel)
A surfer has a close encounter with a trio of dolphins at Manresa Beach on Monday morning. With the hoopla surrounding the recent local stay of a pod of Humpback Whales it is easy to forget that the Santa Cruz County coastline of the Monterey Bay is filled with a number of other small, yet no less majestic marine mammals. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)
A small, but clean swell allows a family at Manresa State beach front row seats to watch surfers try their luck at the break in La Selva Beach on Monday. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)
A surfer paddles out to the small, yet consistent and clean swell coming in to Manresa State Beach on Monday morning. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)
Local photographer Paul Schraub, while on assignment for the Santa Cruz County Convention and Visitors Council, captured this photo of spy hopping whales in the Monterey Bay on Tuesday.
Geoffrey Shester, California Program Director of Oceana, prepares to launch the remotely operating vehicle on Friday, June 16, 2011, in the Monterey Bay on their final day of research in the bay before moving on to Oregon. The group took video of the ocean floor, looking at the wide variety of life and rock formations in the bay. (John Williams/Sentinel)
This 11-week-old sea otter is the youngest ever displayed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
photos from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. See Sentinel story
A dead porpoise in the sand at Seacliff State beach after being attacked by a shark on Tuesday afternoon. Due to the attack both Seacliff and New Brighton state beaches will be closed for up to seven days. (Photograph by State Parks superintendent Kirk Lingenfelter)
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