They are all over the central California coastline. The major beeding grounds are fenced off but here are dozens of beaches where these critters sun and they will actually pose for you if you're respectful (and keep your distance as the Fish and Game laws mandate, and btw, which your olfactory senses will inevitably dictate as Elephant Seals do not use Right Guard!)
However...
Elephant Seals are on the beach for a reason, driven by nature and it stands to reason that a Bull Elephant Seal could mistake a geek behind a tripod, covered with a focusing cloth and a bellows "snout" up front (trying to capture the coy smile of an Annette Funicello beach baby Elephant Seal) as a suitor challenging his harem. In which case it wouldn't be 'love at first sight."
So out of curiosity's sake, has anyone here ever been charged by an Elephant Seal while photographin' these lil' darlins?
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