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A Day in the Life of a Northern Elephant Seal
By Chuck Graham   |   August 5, 2025

The early morning king tide was surging up to the base of the wave-battered bluffs along the Central California coast. At several gullies I waited for sweeping surges of tide to recede outwards so I could run to the next big rock to balance myself above the ebbing tide. When I reached the wide-open beach […]