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These two marine protected areas adjoin each other off the coast of San Luis Obispo County. The Piedras Blancas SMR is bounded by the mean high tide line and straight lines connecting the following points in the order listed: [6] 35° 42.85' N. lat. 121° 18.95' W. long.; 35° 42.85' N. lat. 121° 21.00' W. long.;
Adult female and juvenile seals began arriving at Piedras Blancas in April. More elephant seals are at SLO County beach than during breeding season. What are they doing?
[11] [12] A large parking area and boardwalk offer easy access to view the elephant seals. Docents from Friends of the Elephant Seal provide insight as to what the visitor is viewing. [13] Open year-round. [14] Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area are marine protected areas offshore from Piedras Blancas Light Station.
There’s a reason the male elephant seals lounging on the sand look a bit ratty. Bull elephant seals take over SLO County beaches. How will they spend the rest of summer?
More than 5,000 pups are expected to be born in the Piedras Blancas rookery before the breeding season is over in mid-March.
Elephant seals or sea elephants are very large, oceangoing earless seals in the genus Mirounga.Both species, the northern elephant seal (M. angustirostris) and the southern elephant seal (M. leonina), were hunted to the brink of extinction for oil by the end of the 19th century, but their numbers have since recovered.
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