Secrets of the Kelp Forest...

[pacificgal]

I almost always see a sea lion or harbor seal when I dive, at just about every dive location. I remember one that played hide and seek with fuggler and I, it was cute, we would go around a corner and there it would be waiting for us.
You'll get bombed by them at the end of breakwater, too.

 

[Guy Alcala]

I almost always see a sea lion or harbor seal when I dive, at just about every dive location. I remember one that played hide and seek with fuggler and I, it was cute, we would go around a corner and there it would be waiting for us.
You'll get bombed by them at the end of breakwater, too.

At BW it's mostly sea lions, but at the moment they're almost all off mating or else hanging out under Wharf #2. They generally return to BW in April, when the cormorants start letting them back on the rocks. Occasionally you'll see a harbor seal at BW, but as others have said you're more likely to spot them at McAbee, Lover's, or Coral Street. I've also had them come up and get personal at Lobos, have seen 4 of them snoozing on the bottom tucked under pipes just NW of BW towards Hidden Beach, and had one come up to the three of us and demand to have its belly rubbed while doing our safety stop at North Monastery.

AOTBE I prefer the seals; the sea lions tend to act more like teenage skateboarders

Guy

 

[Peter_C]

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Robin and I found several Harbor Seals underwater at McAbee Beach. They sandwich their fat little sausage bodies into the rocks and “hang-out”… We also found that they ambush the Sea Otters and try to steal their food! Great fun!!!

McAbee is known for being the seal hangout. I have seen one there on every dive. The only time I have ever touched or been touched was by a Sea Lion in bad vis far out in the ocean on the North Coast. At one point I had my hand on it's chest keeping it at a distance I was more comfortable with, for probably 5 seconds or so.