Boat owners in the Oceanside Harbor have some new dock-mates. Sea lions. And they’re causing some damage.
"Their oily skin, their excrement, gets on the side of boats. It dries like concrete and they’ve been an absolute nuisance," he said.Halford said he saw an increase in sea lions after the Encina power plant in Carlsbad was decommissioned. The Oceanside Harbor has built a floating platform for the sea lions that serves as a “safe haven.” But they don’t always stay there.
Harbor staff say they routinely shoo sea lions away by pounding the dock with a broom handle. The sound and vibration tends to move them along."You have to spray them with water to try to get them off, it's what we’ve done. We've put up barriers. Try to do that and they knock them over, knock them in the water,” Captain Bobby said.Undated photo of two sea lions on a dock near a boat in the Oceanside Harbor.
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