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In between our second and third dive we had an awesome Tri-tip lunch. When we anchored again at ???, Hank and I were the first ones in the water. The Captain described this as a popular site for Harbor Seals. Hank and I made our way towards the shore, swimming in fairly shallow depths, among the rocks and kelp. The sunlight and scenery was breath taking. I have never seen so many purple sea urchins. There were sections where every inch of the ocean floor was covered with them. You can see the amazing picture from Seapics.com to the left. (click for a larger view). We also saw several seals. The most amazing was a juvinile seal and its mother who hung out and followed us around for about 30 minutes or so. They seemed to like nibbling at our flippers and the young seal was very curious. At one point the mother seal came face to face with Hank and rubbed her whiskers on his gloves before racing off. It was the highlight dive of the day.