Big Sur photos

A neonate gray whale calf, born just hours before, still exhbiting embryonic folds in the skin along its side. This baby gray whale was born in the cold waters of Big Sur, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01135  

Gray whale, blow.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 01173  

Northern elephant seal, mother and neonate pup, gulls eating placenta.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 00945  

Gray whale.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 01182  

Gray whale, neonate calf with embryonic folds visible.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01129  

Gray whale, blow.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 01170  

Gray whale.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01190  

Gray whale, raising fluke to dive.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 05780  

Gray whale, raising fluke to dive.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 05781  

Gray whale.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01178  

Gray whale.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01188  

Northern elephant seal, pup.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 00948  

Bixby Bridge at sunset.
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 14902  

Waves blur as they break over the rocky shoreline of Big Sur.
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 14903  

Waves blur as they break over the rocky shoreline of Big Sur.
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 14904  

Waves blur as they break over the rocky shoreline of Big Sur.
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 14905  

Waves blur as they break over the rocky shoreline of Big Sur.
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 14906  

Waves blur as they break over the rocky shoreline of Big Sur.
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 14907  

McWay Falls drops 80 feet on the sand in McWay Cove. McWay Falls is fed by springs so falls year round.
Location: Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur, California
Image ID: 20363  

Big Sur coastline at sunset, viewed from Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park.
Location: Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur, California
Image ID: 20364  

McWay Falls drops 80 feet on the sand in McWay Cove. McWay Falls is fed by springs so falls year round.
Location: Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur, California
Image ID: 20365  

Big Sur coastline at sunset, viewed from Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park.
Location: Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur, California
Image ID: 20366  

Northern elephant seal, mature bull.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 00949  

Gray whale, neonate calf and cow.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01133  

Gray whale.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01185  

Northern elephant seal pups.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Gorda, Big Sur, California
Image ID: 02053  

Rocky Point and Highway 1.
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 02054  

Highway 1 and Bixby bridge.
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 02055  

Northern elephant seals.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Gorda, Big Sur, California
Image ID: 02519  

Juvenile Northern elephant seal sleeping on beach.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 02523