Each winter elephant seals invade the beach at Ano Nuevo State Park, about a half-hour south of Half Moon Bay to breed. Last year we went down in the middle of March to go on one of the guided tours of the beach but had missed most of the seals and only saw a few of the remaining babies. Today we went with a group of fellow graduate housing CAs, just about a week before we went last year, and saw a ton of seals! The male elephant seals are huge but I don't think a saw a single one move the whole time we were there ... they look like they are dead on the beach. I found the baby seals more entertaining as they slowly waddled across the sand barking at one another and trying out their swimming skills in the small tide pools on the beach.
Next year we hope to go in late January/early February when the beach is supposed to be completely packed with elephant seals and the males are fighting with one another. Supposedly you have to book in October to get on one of these tours but I think it would be worth it.
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