Where Do Elephant Seals Live? Elephant seals live mostly at sea, spending 8-10 months of the year in the open ocean and they come ashore only twice a year. They are onshore in the winter for birthing and breeding, and in the late spring and early summer to shed their...
Where You Can Find Us The Piedras Blancas elephant seal rookery spreads out over 8 miles of beach north and south of Point Piedras Blancas on the central coast of California. Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery The best viewing areas are located 90 miles south of...
What’s Happening Now? The number of seals at the rookery peaks three times during the year: in late January when most births have occurred, around the first of May at the peak of the juvenile/adult female molt, and in late October during the fall or juvenile...
The seals employ a grab and swallow technique of feeding, taking such prey as hake, dogfish, rays, octopus and crabs, generally from the ocean bottom. The danger from orcas is greater here than in mid-ocean depths, but the quantity and quality of food allow the adult...
