Sentences with phrase «off pacific coast»

A fire broke out and subsequently killed power to the large boat, which was left adrift 200 miles off the Pacific coast near San Diego.

Wind speeds off the Atlantic Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico are lower than off the Pacific Coast, but their wide, shallow continental shelves give them higher development potential.

El Niño is a weather phenomenon where the Pacific trade winds inexplicably falter not just a few days, but for weeks or months causing a band of warmer than usual ocean water to develop off the Pacific coast of South America, particularly around where Peru is.

They examined evidence of a possible link between El Niño, the periodic weather disruption off the Pacific coast of South America, which affects the weather and causes higher temperatures across much of the world, and its partner, the cooler La Niña phenomenon, with outbreaks of unrest.

Information on the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake, Japan Meteorological Agency.

Wind speeds off the Southern Atlantic Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico are lower than wind speeds off the Pacific Coast.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, run by the U.S. Department of Energy, also has determined that more than 1,000 gigawatts of wind energy could be produced off the Atlantic coast and more than 900 gigawatts off the Pacific coast.

One surviving colony of a meager 50 individuals survived on Guadalupe Island, some 170 miles off the Pacific coast.

The elegant hotel is perched on a bluff just off the Pacific Coast Highway above Whale Cove.

(11 Days / 10 Nights) Cocos Island, located 600 km (approx. 320 nautical miles) off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, is one of the most beautiful jewels in the...

Located just two miles from Carmel - By - The - Sea off the Pacific Coast Highway, the hotel offers contemporary accommodations with modern amenities, fine cuisine, and a range of premier facilities for guests to enjoy, including a heated swimming pool, a hot tub, and a fitness room.

We stayed on a Nationally protected island off the Pacific Coast of Panama, called Coiba Island.

8 - or 10 - day tour combining kayaking in the beautiful Sea of Cortez with visiting the friendly gray whales of Baja off the Pacific coast.

However, the best diving off the Pacific coast is found at several underwater reefs near Cano Island which can be explored on dive trips offered by some of the lodges in nearby Drake Bay.

View majestic whales off the Pacific Coast, taste chowder and wine and discover unique art exhibits...

View majestic whales off the Pacific Coast, taste chowder and wine and discover unique art exhibits and local shops.

Fully narrated by an experienced Captain or Aquarium Naturalist, whale watching is an exciting voyage off the Pacific Coast where you can see whales, dolphins, seals, and birds make incredible journeys along our coast, ranging from a few hundred miles to many thousands.

Isla Tortuga is a gorgeous island in the Gulf of the Nicoya Peninsula and it is one of the best locations off the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica in which to scuba dive or snorkel.

A short spur off the Pacific Coast Scenic Byway, this route showcases a glorious stretch of coastline that includes six state parks, two National Wildlife Refuges, and America's first National Estuarine Research Reserve.

You could swim in underground cenotes and marvel at the beauty of the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve on the Mayan Riviera, zipline through Mexico's lush tropical rainforests, experience world class deep - sea fishing in Cabo, go on a desert safari through the wilds of the Baja Peninsula, dive with whale sharks off the Pacific coast, the list is endless... The good news is your dedicated Luxury Retreats Concierge will be happy to arrange any activity you wish!

Unprecedented warm waters off the Pacific coast over the past two years have led fish that marine mammals feed on to move to colder waters — making it difficult for seals and sea lions to nourish themselves, let alone feed their pups.

Located 532 kilometers off the Pacific coast, Cocos Island was historically a refuge for pirates, merchants, whalers and even colonizers.

The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary is a sanctuary off the Pacific coast of Southern California.

Channel Islands slender salamanders (Batrachoseps pacificus) are restricted to the northern Channel Islands off the Pacific Coast of south - central California: East Anacapa, Middle Anacapa, West Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and San Miguel islands (Van Denburgh and Slevin, 1914; Brame and Murray, 1968; Wake and Jockusch, 2000).

Los Angeles County includes San Clemente Island and Santa Catalina Island, which are part of the Channel Islands archipelago off the Pacific Coast.

Ecuador's other landscapes offer equally alluring adventures, from surfing tight breaks off the Pacific coast to white - water rafting rivers along the jungle - clad banks of the Oriente.

Gray whales had been mysteriously dying off the Pacific Coast.

There is world class fishing off the Pacific coast of Guatemala and golf is available through private clubs only.

Right off the Pacific Coast Highway you'll find a handful of tasting rooms to pop into, my favorite was Cutruzzola Vineyards.

The perfect spot to stay right off the Pacific Coast Highway (also the 101 at this point) is the Goodland Hotel.

But in some locations — such as at Cocos Island and near - shore waters off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica — this species is often seen lying stretched out on the sandy bottom, completely exposed in broad daylight.

Their last desperate plan is to launch a nuclear warhead off the Pacific coast with the hopes of attracting the monster trio and blasting them to bits.

It's such a beautiful little escape that's located right off Pacific Coast Highway.

The anchovy fishery off the Pacific Coast of Peru has supported regional populations for centuries.

Scientists exploring a seamount off the Pacific coast of Panama in 2015 found an enormous party of small, red crabs swarming all over each other.

A unique video has captured a surprise swarm of red crabs on the sea floor at the Hannibal Bank seamount off the Pacific coast of Panama.

Nearly two miles deep in the ocean, a hundred miles off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, scientists during two cruises a year apart used subsea vehicles to explore the Dorado Outcrop, a rocky patch of sea floor made of cooled and hardened lava from an underwater volcano.

Researchers at the Cascadia Research Collective in Olympia, Washington, tracked seven whales — which they recognized by the markings on their tail flukes — from their summer feeding grounds in the Antarctic Ocean to their winter breeding grounds off the Pacific coast of Central America.

El Niño is an abnormal periodic warming of surface ocean water off the Pacific coast of South America.

We were fishing with fourth - generation professionals off the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur at the town of Todos Santos.

The Carnival Triumph fire comes two years after another Carnival ship, the 113,000 - ton Carnival Splendor, was disabled off the Pacific coast of Mexico by a fire during a cruise from California — a similar incident that ultimately affected bookings leaving Texas, Driscoll said.

Not exact matches

As to the reason why, all you need to do is look at Sakhalin, a windswept, earthquake - prone island off Russia's Pacific coast where temperatures can fluctuate 110 degrees throughout the year.

Awardees include projects off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as well as in the Great Lakes and Gulf of Mexico.

Our Smoked Sea salt is all natural, solar evaporated, and is gathered from the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.

An investigation has revealed the impact livestock farming is having on fish populations and the marine environment off the coast of Peru and elsewhere in the southern Pacific.

An avid fisherman and lobster diver, Kropczynski takes full advantage of the Pacific seafood found off the California coast.

«13,000 - year - old human footprints found off Canada's Pacific coast: New evidence of human population living on the west coast of Canada at the end of last ice age.»

Off the east coast of New Zealand, the Pacific plate is subducting under the Australian plate.

«13,000 - year - old human footprints found off Canada's Pacific coast: New evidence of human population living on the west coast of Canada at the end of last ice age.»

To protect the turtles, NOAA Fisheries created the Pacific Loggerhead Conservation Area off the coast of Southern California.