What are you looking at? NZ fur seal

This female fur seal was curious about all these strange people on her beach. The males were getting aggravated with each other and fighting and I think she got sick of it and took herself off out to sea.

She was swimming around and came up to have a closer look.

The fur seals were almost wiped out by sealers in the 19th century, but have gradually staged a come back. I was surprised to see babies hidden in the shelter of the rocks at the back of the beach, so they must be breeding on this small beach. It's a private beach so a good place for them as there will be very little interaction with people.