Elephant seals at at Piedras Blancas in San Simeon, CA
Channel: Owen Smigelski
Date: 2011-11-26

Elephant seals at Piedras Blancas in San Simeon, CA on November 26, 2011 (near Hearst Castle). These are mostly pups and sub-adult males (no females), from 1-5 years old. The bull males should start arriving soon (within days or weeks). These males are on the prime beach location, and when the alpha males arrive they will be chased away.