Gabriel saw boats, a decent amount of them! Thanks to her sight, she was able to see some decent details on each of them. Looks like some Coast Guard and other ones, maybe volunteers, shining their lights across the water. She could see some people making motions, and some weird sounds coming from some of them, she was guessing from speakers and megaphones. Gabriel just hoped her hearing wasn't as bad as she thought. That and with the light from the Sun quickly fading, so she went to go closer.
At some point she realized she needed to present herself somehow, as just popping from the water at side of a boat with her tentacles probably wouldn't be the best idea, so she got close to what she thought was a reasonable distance, went to her tried-and-true lay back stance from earlier, and somehow slowly maneuvered herself to the boats while waving some tentacles around, keeping an eye out for any response. Luckily one soon someone spotted her, with all the spotlights shining double confirming on her, almost immediately causing her to use 2 tentacles to shield her eyes from the glare and some willpower to not run away with her squiddy instincts. Someone seemed to notice the issue and soon only a few of the lights were shining on her, and at lower power.
So soon came both sides' choice with what to do next. At least they both seemed to be aware that Gabriel might be the transformed person...