Either a Seal Lion, Sea Otter, or the Loch Ness Monster

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I'm thinkin' otter.

Shell Beach

On the beach below the cliff houses.

Shell Beach cliff homes

Shell Beach

Seal Lions on the rock at Shell Beach

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There are several Sea Lions on the flat rock off, but you can hardly see them (at 4x zoom). The next picture I took of the same Sea Lions through a 36x zoom spotting scope with the digital camera.

Sea Lions at Shell Beach

Taken with my Canon A560 at 4x zoom, through a 36 zoom spotting scope (a little blurry).

Seal Lions at Shell Beach

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Shell Beach

Shell Beach

Me at shell beach, with Pismo Beach in the background.

Morro Rock

Morro Rock

Hiking near Morro Bay, CA