Wow that is pretty close, Seals can get pretty rough. Just curious which Bay you shot this at? I have only seen one very young seal on the rocks along the coast between Houghton Bay and Island Bay luckly I had my camera with me. My next quest is to see the Penguins. I have been told that Breaker Bay early in the morning is the place to go. But I haven't made it down there earlier than 10AM which apparently is too late for the Penguins. I know Red Rocks is a good place for both seals and penguins but kind of difficult to get there. However I do plan to make it down there in the next month or so.
Phew...seems dangerously close: read of a woman who had her nose bitten off last year by a seal!!! She was trying to rescue it. The setting gives this so much atmosphere: cold and wet.