Elephant seals on a beach near San Simeon, California
The bulls can weigh up to 5000 lbs. There were huge numbers of these seals laying in the sand on the Piedras Blancas beach near San Simeon, California. The pups are born in late December and January.
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Elephant Seals at Piedras Blancas Beach north of San Simeon, Big Sur, California
The northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris, is an extraordinary marine mammal. It spends eight to ten months a year in the open ocean, diving 1000 to 5800 feet deep for periods of fifteen minutes to two hours, and migrating thousands of miles, twice a year, to its land-based rookery for birthing, breeding, molting, and rest. Piedras Blancas is a great place to view these remarkable creatures during their time onshore.
The Piedras Blancas elephant seal rookery spreads over 6 miles of shoreline around Point Piedras Blancas on the central coast of California. The viewing areas are located 90 miles south of Monterey, 5 miles north of Hearst Castle State Historical Monument in San Simeon, 1.5 miles south of Point Piedras Blancas.
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"Your son was born 3 weeks ago."
Mirounga angustirostris
Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
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My last Elephant Seal photo (for a while). They make very comical subjects.
Piedras Blancas Beach, San Simeon, California
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