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California Coastal Commission

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2024 California Ocean & Coastal Amateur Photography Contest
A mass of sea nettles seen from above look like an impressionist painting

First Place Winner
Sea Nettles off Municipal Wharf, Monterey
Kent Van Vuren


A sea lion sits in the back of a small, weathered rowboat, while a gull perches on the other end. They appear as if they are conversing.

Second Place Winner
The Sea Gull & the Sea Lion
Hartford Pier, Avila Beach
Kathleen Bosch


Four children are seen against an orange sunset as they leap across the rocks. The children and the sky is reflected in still pools of water in the foreground.

Third Place Winner
Child's Play
Seaside, Cardiff State Beach
Nicholas Paoni


A close-up of a brown pelican from the side as the bird looks into the camera

Honorable Mention
Always Watching
Brown pelican at Bolsa Chica Wetland, Huntington Beach
Annick Loomis


Looking up the shore past sunset as car headlights and breaklights appear as lines of red and white on Highway One south of Bixby Bridge

Honorable Mention
Bixby Bridge Sunset
Big Sur
Marcin Zając


Viewed face-on, a black skimmer holds a small iridescent fish in its orange beak.

Honorable Mention
Black Skimmer with Fish
Huntington Beach
Karen Cohen


Bunches of Monarch butterflies hang from the leaves of a tree

Honorable Mention
Butterflies Galore
Monarch butterflies in Goleta
Julie Freedman


A young elephant seal stretches into a circle, touching its nose to its tail.

Honorable Mention
Namaste
Elephant seal at San Simeon
Annick Loomis


A cormorant sitting on a nest of twigs stretches its tail and wings out and displays iridescent blue skin under its beak

Honorable Mention
Pick Me!
Male cormorant in La Jolla Cove
Cathy Presmyk


Two sea lions' sleeping faces are centered in a photo of a pile of sea lions.

Honorable Mention
Safe Haven
Sea lions at Dana Point Harbor
Aidan Lee


A black and white shows a moody scene of offshore rocks and misty waves

Honorable Mention
Seascape, Pacific Grove
Eric Ahrendt


A white nudibranch underwater in front of a leave of reddish seaweed

Honorable Mention
Stubby Dendronotid
Pillar Point
Amber Lancaster


A falcon approaches a branch from above with its talons spread. The blue ocean is in the background.

Honorable Mention
Touch and Go
Juvenile peregrine falcon in San Pedro
Robin Riggs


A whale's head is above still ocean water while the eye looks at the photographer

Honorable Mention
Who's Looking at Who
Humpback whale near Catalina Island
Robin Riggs





*Winners and honorable mentions were chosen unanimously without seeing the photographer's name.