BRIAN TIERNEY PHOTOGRAPHY

Rough Seas

On California’s central coast, the waters of Monterey Bay include a two-mile-deep submarine canyon, kelp forests and coastal estuaries. These productive ecosystems support abundant wildlife, from territorial sea otters to migratory whales. When California was ratified as a state in 1849, Monterey was its first capital! The widely acclaimed Monterey Jazz Festival occurs each September and is the longest continuously running jazz festival in the world.