What to watch for:
Year-round: California sea lions, Western Gulls, beautiful island landscapes
December–February: breeding elephant seal colonies
March–August: breeding seabirds
September–November: transient wildlife like migratory birds, whales, and great white sharks
Seabirds
- Cassin's Auklet*
- Rhinoceros Auklet*
- Ashy Storm-Petrel*
- Western Gull
- Brandt's Cormorant
- Pelagic Cormorant
- Double-crested Cormorant
- Tufted Puffin
- Common Murre
- Pigeon Guillemot
- Black Oystercatcher
Marine Mammals
- Steller Sea Lion
- California Sea Lion
- Northern Elephant Seal
- Harbor Seal
- Northern Fur Seal
- Humpback Whale
- Gray Whale
- Blue Whale
* nocturnal species