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Near as I can tell from the pic, too, the seals are Stellar sea lions. Ya, they do that - sometimes a beach, sometimes a promontory like that that makes a human say "that looks like it'd be bruuuuutal to swim up." They're pretty regular about the places they choose to do it; it's not just anywhere you see a spot that looks likely. Cool find.

I have three leaky shocks, but am dying to make a tundra run in the couple of weeks I have off. I'll try to return the favor. That camera takes really sharp photos, too.