Sisters Seas the Day While Saving the Ocean

DANA POINT— Roughly six years ago, Camille Woods, a Dana Point local, started a unique version of a social club that meets only on the water. After deciding to take a step back from her career in real estate, Woods formed Sea Sisters, a club that combines friendship with a mutual love for the ocean. Woods, 72, has spent her entire life on the ocean, she transformed her recreational kayaking adventures into a way to chase whales, report injured marine life, and clean up ocean trash, all while enjoying the company of her friends out on the water. On slow days, the ladies will dock their pedal powered Hobie Kayaks in the Dana Point Harbor and enjoy a lunch out together. “When we are out there, we pick up so many mylar balloons and trash,” said Woods. “It’s heartbreaking, and truthfully I would love to see them outlaw mylars because the fish pick at them, and then they die, and then when the balloon loses all its color, the bigger marine life eats them because they think they are fish.”   According to dolphinsafari.com, nearly 45-50 million balloons are sold in California each year, and according to the Ocean Conservancy’s Annual International Coastal Clean-Up, almost...