Two male sea otters appear to be calling Cannon Beach home, providing a rare sight for Oregonians visiting Ecola Point.
Even so, biologists aren’t expecting a bigger population boom shortly, since female sea otters don’t usually migrate far from home. The nearest population is about 100 miles away.
A group of conservationists with the nonprofit Elakha Alliance documented multiple sea otter sightings through June, first reported by the Cannon Beach Gazette. These creatures have rarely been seen in the state since fur traders wiped them out in the early 1900s.
When Chanel Hason, biologist and communications director for the Elakha Alliance, first heard about a sea otter swimming off the Oregon coast, she figured it likely was a common river otter. Then she drove out to Ecola Point to see for herself.
“And then, lo and behold, there were two, which I haven’t seen ever happening along the Oregon coast,” Hason said.

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