Types of large sea slugs called the California sea hare and black sea hare can be found off the coast and in tide pools ...

Hundreds of thousands of Velella velella, more commonly known as by-the-wind-sailors, are drifting onto the coastline.

Dying sea lions, dolphins, seagulls, pelicans and even a minke whale have washed up on the sands ... for rafts of the floating creatures to show up on the shore at this time of year.