wow, I've only ever seen seals from a great distance as they're usually super shy... how did you get so close?
He was resting on a remote sandbank, only accessible during very low tide, with almost no people around (use flickr map for exact location).
At first we thought that he was sick or old, but a few seconds after the picture it crawled to the water and was gone..
We've seen 4 different seal's that day, but this was the first (and maybe the last) time that close.. a very special moment.
even the lifeguard came by to check him..