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An elephant seal naps on Cove Beach.
Wave-worn gravel on Cove Beach. The large limestone concretion in this image is riddled with holes from boring clams.
View looking east from Cove Beach towards sea cliffs in the Purisima Formation (to the left). In the distance is a cut along Highway 1 where massive cliffs of Santa Cruz Mudstone are exposed.
Quaternary-age alluvium filled an old valley. These deposits are now exposed in sea cliffs along Cove Beach.
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View from visitor center picnic area looking west toward Aņo Nuevo Point (and Aņo Nuevo Island).
Sandstone sea cliff at the west end of Cove Beach displays both tafoni-style weathering (giving it a pitted appearance) and an uneven coating of white bird guano.
The "Pond" along the Aņo Nuevo Point Trail with Chalk Mountain (east of Highway 1) in the distance.
Sea arches in steeply dipping marine sedimentary rocks of the Monterey Formation (Miocene) are visible along the Aņo Nuevo Point Trail.
View looking east along the sea cliffs in Aņo Nuevo Bay with the high hills near Waddell Creek in the distance (east of Highway 1).
Coastal sand dunes at Aņo Nuevo Point with Aņo Nuevo Island in the distance.
Elephant seals resting on the warm beach sand near Aņo Nuevo Point.
Male elephant seals spar for superiority amongst heaps of seaweed at Aņo Nuevo Point.
View looking east across the coastal meadowlands towards massive cliffs of Santa Cruz Mudstone exposed along the steep Highway 1 cut just north of Waddell Creek (on the opposite side of Aņo Nuevo Bay).
Another view of the coastal dunes with Aņo Nuevo Island (with its abandoned buildings) in the distance. Elephant seals now inhabit the vacant buildings.
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A zoomed-in view looking east along the sea cliffs of Aņo Nuevo Bay from along the Aņo Nuevo Point Trail.
Another zoomed-in view looking east along the sea cliffs of Aņo Nuevo Bay from along the Aņo Nuevo Point Trail.
Elephant seals at Aņo Nuevo Point.
