Habitat

     Northern Elephant seals live on the sandy, rocky, or muddy shores of the coastline, particularly on offshore islands. They can be found on the sandy beaches of California and Baja California though they prefer to be on offshore over the North American mainland. On these beaches they breed and and raise pups among the sand dunes. They typically are in large groups on land. Seals spend only 10% of their time on land during  reproduction and when they shed their skin. The other 90% is spent in the water diving and looking for food and only 11% of their time in the water is spent at the surface. This means that an extraordinary 85-90% of their time is spent at sea and under water. These mammals, can dive exceptionally well to almost a mile deep and can hold their breath for 20 to 70 minutes. Elephant seals are found as far north as Alaska and as far south as Baja California. they feed off the coast of Alaska and then migrate south down to southern California and Baja California to breed. when feeding at sea males tend to be found over continental shelves and females go farther west, too deeper water to hunt.