{"id":8367,"date":"2018-12-31T00:42:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T16:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/?p=8367"},"modified":"2019-02-08T09:10:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T01:10:36","slug":"california-sea-lion-pups-in-the-coronado-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/california-sea-lion-pups-in-the-coronado-islands.html","title":{"rendered":"California Sea Lion Pups in the Coronado Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"

In early November I spent a day diving with California sea lions<\/a> (Zalophus californianus<\/i><\/a>). Lobster Shack at the North Island was place to be since that’s where a great colony of sea lions is. Conditions were excellent, about as good as diving in the Coronados gets. Photographer friend Allison<\/a> had set up the trip as a birthday celebration for a friend who wanted to get with sea lions, so the date was chosen to coincide with the best sea lion diving. In November pups are bold enough to let their inquisitive nature get the best of them, eagerly approaching and playing with divers, while the territoriality of adult males has waned enough that the bulls do not hold the pups back nor do they brush divers away from the females they are courting.<\/p>\n

\"California<\/a><\/p>\n

California sea lions underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico
\nImage ID: 34575<\/a>
\nSpecies: California Sea Lion<\/a>, Zalophus californianus<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)<\/a>, Baja California<\/a>, Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n

Not to be confused with San Diego’s “Coronado Island”, Mexico’s Coronado Islands<\/a> is a group of rugged, barren and uninhabited islands just south of the border, visible from San Diego and Tijuana. You can just make out our boat “Humboldt”<\/a> at the far northern end of the Coronado’s northernmost island:<\/p>\n

\"Aerial<\/a><\/p>\n

Aerial Photo of North Coronado Island, southern point looking north, Baja California, Mexico
\nImage ID: 34569<\/a>
\nLocation: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)<\/a>, Baja California<\/a>, Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n

Over 30 years I’ve made a pseudo-career of photographing sea lions, in as many places as I can get to to see and dive with them. It never gets old. Spending time in the water with sea lions of any species is my favorite thing to do in the ocean. Cheers, and thanks for looking!<\/p>\n

\"California<\/a><\/p>\n

California sea lion, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico
\nImage ID: 34576<\/a>
\nSpecies: California Sea Lion<\/a>, Zalophus californianus<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)<\/a>, Baja California<\/a>, Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n

\"California<\/a><\/p>\n

California sea lions underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico
\nImage ID: 34578<\/a>
\nSpecies: California Sea Lion<\/a>, Zalophus californianus<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)<\/a>, Baja California<\/a>, Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n

\"California<\/a><\/p>\n

California sea lions underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico
\nImage ID: 34579<\/a>
\nSpecies: California Sea Lion<\/a>, Zalophus californianus<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)<\/a>, Baja California<\/a>, Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n

\"California<\/a><\/p>\n

California sea lions underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico
\nImage ID: 34580<\/a>
\nSpecies: California Sea Lion<\/a>, Zalophus californianus<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)<\/a>, Baja California<\/a>, Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n

\"California<\/a><\/p>\n

California sea lions underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico
\nImage ID: 34581<\/a>
\nSpecies: California Sea Lion<\/a>, Zalophus californianus<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)<\/a>, Baja California<\/a>, Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Invasive<\/a><\/p>\n

Invasive sargassum, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico
\nImage ID: 34573<\/a>
\nSpecies: Sargassum<\/a>, Sargassum horneri<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

\"California<\/a><\/p>\n

California sea lion, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico
\nImage ID: 34582<\/a>
\nSpecies: California Sea Lion<\/a>, Zalophus californianus<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)<\/a>, Baja California<\/a>, Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n

\"California<\/a><\/p>\n

California sea lion, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico
\nImage ID: 34584<\/a>
\nSpecies: California Sea Lion<\/a>, Zalophus californianus<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)<\/a>, Baja California<\/a>, Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n

\"California<\/a><\/p>\n

California sea lion, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico
\nImage ID: 34598<\/a>
\nSpecies: California Sea Lion<\/a>, Zalophus californianus<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)<\/a>, Baja California<\/a>, Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In early November I spent a day diving with California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Lobster Shack at the North Island was place to be since that’s where a great colony of sea lions is. Conditions were excellent, about as good as diving in the Coronados gets. Photographer friend Allison had…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,175,192,123],"tags":[198,208,259,281,313,330],"class_list":{"0":"post-8367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-aerial-photography","8":"category-islas-coronado","9":"category-sea-lion","10":"category-underwater-photography","11":"tag-aerial","12":"tag-baja-california","13":"tag-islas-coronado","14":"tag-mexico","15":"tag-sea-lions","16":"tag-underwater"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}