All dressed in red.

 A calm day, with quiet seas; small waves, whispering as they reached the sand, bringing with them sprigs of rockweed and sargassum, and the occasional baby bull kelp. And this one, all dressed in red.

Young kelp. The next wave will move it a few centimetres higher up the beach.

This was a small kelp, as these kelps grow, and it had lost its long blades. But it was growing a good batch of red nori, as a substitute. Accompanying it on its way onshore are a couple of eelgrass plants, besides the rockweed and sargassum.

Detail, showing the red algae attached to the stipe.

This is probably Bull-kelp Nori, Porphyra nereocystis, which grows only on the stipes of bull kelp. It is edible, dried and roasted, and can be found winter and spring. One of these days, I'll harvest some and try it.

As much of it as could be seen. I don't know if there was a holdfast.

From there I went to investigate anemones on the rocks. Photos tomorrow.

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Era un dia tranquilo; en la playa las olas llegaban suavemente, murmurando, trayendo consigo ramitas de Fucus y de sargazo, y a veces un quelpo muy pequeñito. Este era un poco más grande, y venía todo vestido de rojo.

Fotos: Un quelpo Nereocystis luetkeana con sus algas rojas, el nori Porphyra nereocystis. Acompañado con ramitas de Fucus y de sargazo.

Creo que este es el alga roja que crece casi siempre en los tallos del quelpo gigante. Es comestible, ya seca y tostada; alguna vez voy a cosechar una cantidad para probarla.

De allí fui a las rocas para buscar anémonas. Mañana subiré fotos.