We went to Santa Barbara Island yesterday, and had the best combination of good visibility and cooperative sea lions that I've ever seen. And when I say 'cooperative,' I mean we couldn't get away from these guys!
I am the king of cute: worship me
Family playtime
Out of focus, but too funny not to post
Half the fun was the surface swims when we got a little current-ed away from the boat: we always had an escort of a pack of sea lions chasing us along!
Dogpile:
More pics here:
(Don't poke around too much in that gallery yet; it's only half-populated - in the process of moving our stuff to a faster server!)
I'll post some video footage when I get the chance; my friend was good enough to loan me his HC-1 rig, so I have loads of high-def sea lion footage. Blowing bubbles, eating rocks, chewing on Jeff's hood - you name it!
