In the wake of recent incidents, San Diego urges visitors to stay away from sea lions in the water and on the beach.
Citing recent incidents of people getting too close to sea lions at La Jolla Cove — sometimes resulting in scary experiences caught on widely circulated video — the city of San Diego is urging Cove-goers to keep their distance from the pinnipeds.
Signs are posted indicating the La Jolla Cove beach is always open, along with applicable regulations. Though no one has been harmed by a sea lion in recent months, “I saw a video recently in which a male sea lion was chasing an individual. No one was hurt, but as they are trying to get away, someone could slip on a rock or not look where they are going. Those are the hazards we are concerned with.”, in which La Jolla Cove sea lions barked at and followed two young women who went into the water to try to take close-up pictures of the animals sunbathing on rocks.
“Sea lion mothers regularly go off into the ocean to feed and can stay away for up to 24 hours, but they will be coming back,” he said. “We appreciate the public’s concern that it may appear … the pup is abandoned, it is more likely that it is just resting or sleeping and the mother will be coming back with a full tummy and will be able to care for its baby.”The recommendations on Cove usage over concerns about people getting too close to pinnipeds has a familiar ring.
By April 2022, a permit application had been filed and approved by the California Coastal Commission to close Point La Jolla and most of Boomer Beach during the annual sea lion pupping season from May 1 to Oct. 31.
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