While we were searching for small invertebrates and fish that may have been in the tide pools on top of the bedrock jetties, we stumbled upon a California Sea Lion pup that was also resting on that same jetty on the beach, approximately twenty feet away from me.
We did not deliberately approach the pup, nor did we harass or yell at it either, as prohibited by the MMPA. We did not know it was there until it moved, and once we realized it was there, we slowly backed away from it, while taking photos and even some video of the encounter. And as we backed off, my companions and I had kept the other tourists and their children from harassing the pup until a lifeguard arrived and tape the area off.