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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 ↓

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

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

Photo Credits

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

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