Kelp thrives in nutrient rich cold water currents like coasts of Southern New South Wales or Victoria in Australia, South West Africa, The US West Coast. Hawaii is a warm rich tropical and sub tropical environment not good for kelp. read more
Maui Schooner, Maui Ssunset are two of the condos on this stretch. 18yrs ago, when we bought there, there was more seaweed than there is now. This is a county park and they plow the seaweed off the sand on a regular schedule. read more
Monterey Bay Aquarium Kelp Cam - watch a live feed from the Monterey Bay Aquarium's kelp forest exhibit; Kelp Watch - a project by the Department of Primary Industries, Water & Environment of the government of Tasmania, Australia, with excellent general information on kelp forests as well as specific information on Tasmanian kelp forests. read more
Kelp is a Brown Alga, which can grow up to 100 meters & grows in 6 - 14 degrees Celsius temperature. Like Sargassum some of its leaves have air bladders for buoyancy. In earlier times it was used to make Soda ash, but now is a source of Sodium & Calcium alginate. Good quality seaweed liquid fertilizer can also be made out of it. read more