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Marine wildlife of Four Mile Beach

Four Mile beach on the isolated stretch of coast north of Santa Cruz is a great place for relaxing with the family, catching a few waves, and also seeing some amazing marine wild life. Over the last 10 or so years I have been surfing off and on at this beach and have seen most (if not all) of ...more ↓

Great White Shark 1
Carcharodon carcharias
Harbor Seal 2
Phoca vitulina
Giant Kelp 3
Macrocystis pyrifera
Sea Otter 4
Enhydra lutris
feather boa kelp 5
Egregia menziesii
California Sea Lion 6
Zalophus californianus
Northern Elephant Seal 7
Mirounga angustirostris
Grey Whales 8
Eschrichtiidae
Bottlenose Dolphin 9
Tursiops truncatus
Humpback Whale 10
Megaptera novaeangliae
Northern Fur Seal 11
Callorhinus ursinus
California halibut 12
Paralichthys californicus
smelts and allies 13
Osmeriformes
Surfperches
Embiotocidae

Edited by charlie dubbe, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Photo Credits

  • 1. (c) Jill Matsuyama, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 2. (c) Alan Vernon, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 3. (c) Richard Ling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 4. (c) Vicki & Chuck Rogers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 5. (c) Jerry Kirkhart, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 6. (c) Isai Dominguez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Isai Dominguez
  • 7. (c) Yathin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 8. (c) Blake Matheson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 9. (c) Jörg Wendland, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 10. (c) Michael Dawes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 11. (c) kqedquest, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 12. (c) Jay Vavra, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
  • 13. (c) Pacific Southwest Region U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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