Beach life – Eric’s World
A humpback cruises the Catalina Channel. Photo by Eric Martin/Manhattan Beach Pier Roundhouse Aquarium The weather started getting rough. The tiny ship was tossed. If not for the courage of the fearless crew, the Minnow would be lost. The Minnow would be lost. Eric Martin is many things. He’s the co-director of the Manhattan Beach Roundhouse Aquarium. He is a long-time oceanographic educator, teaching kids of all ages about whales and other local marine life since back when Marineland was a thing. He’s a world-class photographer and videographer, specializing in filming and documenting the gorgeous whales, dolphins and orcas that frequent Santa Monica Bay and the Catalina Channel. He’s a fashion icon, if your idea of fashion is wild, brush-optional hair, a once-red boating jacket that may have last been washed when Marineland was still open, and gnarled, tanned bare feet, on a January day when it feels like a runny nose could produce icicles. But for me, right now, Eric is a laughing, wild-eyed combination of Gilligan and The Skipper. And just as in the song, the weather is getting rough. We’re bounding across the Pacific, somewhere between San Pedro and Catalina, in his 22-foot…
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