Sea lion rescued from Glass Beach on day of high surf, sneaker waves

FORT BRAGG, CA, 10/31/22 — Volunteers rescued an adult male California sea lion from Fort Bragg’s popular Glass Beach on Monday afternoon, just one day after rescuing another sea lion from a beach near Russian Gulch State Park. 

Giancarlo Rulli, a spokesperson for The Marine Mammal Center (TMMC), told The Mendocino Voice that in recent weeks they’ve received a slightly higher volume of calls about sea lions appearing ill, lethargic, or distressed on land in northern Sonoma and Mendocino counties. TMMC takes some 10,000 to 15,000 calls each year from members of the public concerned about marine mammals in its 600-mile response range.