A large male sea lion posed to demonstrate that this area on the floating dock was his territory.

Another sea lion caused a ruckus elsewhere on the pier which caused this fellow to lift his head and look.

This sea lion had just woken up and was stretching.

A juvenile sea lion found a sunny place to itself on one corner of the dock. There it laid down and slept.

A sea lion swam upside down in the water near the floating docks.

This old male had the number 99 branded into its back.

This snarling sea lion made a ruckus that afternoon.

Another sea lion on a floating dock snarled and made noise.

A large male snarled and made loud noises in the middle of the females.

As a sea lion arrived on the platform, another might object to the new arrival.

One very large sea lion had rolled onto his back to rest with sun shining on his face.

A sea lion swam away from one platform and toward another.

Periodically, one or more sea lions would combine to make loud barking sounds.

A gentle, sunny afternoon found this sea lion taking a nap.

A pair of sea lions rested on the floating docks.

An interloper sea lion had just boarded the floating dock. This appeared to have upset the sea lion already on the dock.

A sea lion lay on its back, belly up to the sun.

Sunlight reflected from the harbor water caused the surface to sparkle as this sea lion swam through it.

A sleeping sea lion can catch the light just right to cause his smooth body to appear as if it was a sculpture.

Once comfortably napping, sea lions can come to be in a large pile.

One male posed with his head held high, then closed his eyes and rested.

A sea lion that was resting upright, heard a noise and turned his head to see.

Sea lions cannot uses their flippers to scratch themselves all over, so must use their mouths to attack certain itches on the body.

A young male posed in much the same way he would later pose as an adult.

Close up of a sleeping sea lion and those long whiskers.

One photo shows three different coats.

A sea lion briefly surfaced as it approached the floating docks.

The western face of Pier 39 was crowded with folks there to watch the lounging sea lions.

Looking up at tourists looking down