La Jolla Children's Pool (San Diego, California)

USA / California / Del Mar / San Diego, California / Coast Boulevard, 850
 beach, cove
850 Coast Boulevard
La Jolla, CA 92037
www.sandiego.gov/lifeguards/beaches/pool.shtml
www.sandiego.com/beaches/childrens-pool

Originally designed and developed as an enclosed beach for children to play and swim at, this popular, man-made cove is now inhabited by hundreds of harbor seals, which can be seen lounging on the beach day and night. Controversy surrounds the future of the pool as some community members feel the seals should be expelled and the cove should once again serve as a place for children to swim, while environmentalists argue that the seals are protected by federal law and are entitled to their adopted habitat.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_Pool_Beach
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Coordinates:   32°50'51"N   117°16'42"W

Comments

  • They are called Harbor Seals
  • This is now Harbor Seals Pool. he he
  • Sea World released over 120 rehabilitated seals here in the mid 90's to create a seal rock reserve just off shore that back fired, seals that were hand feed by humans learned to trust us and begun sharing the beach with us and we have co-existed with the seal in peace. The only problem are the seal activist who can't share and will not let peace and happiness return to this beach as they want this beach closed to humans while they exploit the seals to make a buck selling tee shirts and conning the tourist out of money by telling them that this is the only place in southern California that these seals have to survive. This is the only man-made beach in California created for a safe place for children and the handicap to swim with the protection of the seawall as all of La Jolla's beaches have dangerous rip currants. The seals have much more access to the coast and secluded shoreline then humans, it is not natural for seals to come onto public beaches, we have altered there natural behavior and they deserve to be wild and free in their "Natural" environment, not a man-made public beach.
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