Identify this

poopdeckpappy · #1 (**permalink**) 08-01-2010

Cruised at or just below the surface at around 3-4 kts, somewhere in the 15' range, not a whale,seal,dolphin ( never heard it exhale ) or shark and couldn't care less we were there

TeamDestructo85 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-01-2010

is it a manatee?

knothead · #3 (**permalink**) 08-01-2010

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Originally Posted by TeamDestructo85

is it a manatee?

It looks like a manatee to me too. At least the flat tail part. But if that's a manatee in San Diego, he's a long way from home.

dnf777 · #4 (**permalink**) 08-01-2010

That's my ex-wife. She's lost weight.

capttb · #5 (**permalink**) 08-01-2010

It's not an Elephant seal on it's side ? They have been gettin pretty thick around Dana & Newport.

poopdeckpappy · #6 (**permalink**) 08-01-2010

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Originally Posted by capttb

It's not an Elephant seal on it's side ? They have been gettin pretty thick around Dana & Newport.

ahhhh, good one, never considered that one as I've never seen one this far south

big SOB, sure spent a long time on it's though, could have been injuried

cap; I think you're right, looking at it again, it looks to be on it's right side

capttb · #7 (**permalink**) 08-01-2010

We had one hanging on powerboat swimsteps and docks earlier this year that had what looked like a jaw injury, I think the juvenile white bass in the harbor were an easy food source for him. They must weigh a ton.

JiffyLube · #8 (**permalink**) 08-02-2010

I've never seen an Elephant seal in San Diego either, but that doesn't mean it couldn't be one. I never saw a Harbor seal rookery in San Diego either, until the Save The Seals groups decided to protect the squatters at the Childrens Breakwater in La Jolla.