Morro Bay sea otters (#1268)

Somehow I had never before known that a great place for observing sea otters was in the Morro Bay harbor. There were 10 or 12 lazing around not very far from shore – see nearby pictures.

I was again surprised at how well behaved were the people watching the sea otters – nobody threw anything out towards them, and boaters (except one) seemed to keep a healthy distance away. One man standing on a surf board, though, did get close to the otters – luckily there was a volunteer from the Marine Mammal Center on the beach and she directed him to get out of the area, which he actually did!