Sea lions return to Monterey’s Cannery Row for third straight June

by Pete Young, Bay City News June 7, 2026June 6, 2026

A male California sea lion in Westport, along the central Washington state coast on Feb. 18, 2023. City officials said the marine mammals have returned to the area for the third consecutive June on San Carlos Beach near Cannery Row in Monterey, Calif., reminding people to keep their distance from these large sea animals. (Jake Bonello/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service via Bay City News)

Monterey officials say sea lions are starting to congregate again near Cannery Row, for the third June in a row.

The mammals — whose males can reach 850 pounds and seven feet long — are gathering on San Carlos Beach just as they have before, when hundreds have hauled up.

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