Elephant Seals

Elephant Seals were visiting the San Simeon beach at the same time as we were. The gigantic males were frequently fighting and chasing each other around. The females had recently had pups, so there were lots of pups on the beach too. We stopped a couple of times to watch the seals, this is where we took the sunset photo in the earlier article.

There was a lot of noise and excitement on the beach, and surprisingly not too much smell. Unfortunately sometimes the pups get crushed or seperated from their mothers in all of the excitement. The males are huge, and bump their way through the crowd if they see another male getting too close. Thanks to the small cliffs the people were kept well clear of the action.