The new moon of Feb. 27 brings the continuing cycle of 6-foot-plus morning tides and corresponding afternoon low tides. The heavy rains and high tides of recent weeks breached the sand barrier at Abbotts Lagoon, opening the lagoons to saltwater and recharging the lower lagoon. The sand barrier will be built up again over the summer months.
Sightings from the lighthouse of migrating gray whales are still few and far between, but folks there did…