Elephant Seal Beach
Piedras Blancas Rookery
San Simeon CA
2013

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Elephant Seals are seen year-round at the Piedras Blancas Rookery. Best times of year to see these amazing animals in action are October through May with the big show (birthing and breeding) in January and February. Come see these magnificent marine mammals up close on one of the prettiest coastlines in California.

Elephant Seal beach (also known as Piedras Blancas Rookery) is home to a total population of about 8,000 elephant seals. This endangered species of seal formed a colony here only as recently as 1990. The elephant seal was thought to be extinct until small populations showed themselves at places such as the beach near Piedras Blancas lighthouse.
At various times of the year the seals “haul out” to the beach, taking a break from ocean feeding to relax, molt, joust, mate, and raise young. The cycle actually has either the male or female out of the water and on the beach every month of the year.



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