OCEAN SUNFISH (MOLA MOLA)

Late afternoon on July 12th this ocean sunfish was a visitor to the harbour, hanging around only a few feet from shore inside the floating dock area at Westport Fishermens' wharf. It is uncommon to see sunfish in the Bay of Fundy, and even more rare to see one so close to shore. They are found all over the globe, mostly in tropical and temperate waters. This fish was about 6 feet in length and very friendly... a few locals and tourists waded out into the water and observed it

up close! After the fish kept swimming in much too close to the beach, a local man escorted it out into the harbour, where it drifted out to sea with the Fundy tide.