Surfing sea otter at Cowells in Santa Cruz Calif., June 18, 2023 Mark Woodward/Native Santa Cruz “It’s unfortunate she doesn’t get to live the rest of her life in the wild,” Connor said.

After being fed by people, the surfing otter′s mother started approaching kayakers in 2018. Once wildlife managers captured the brash female, they realized it was pregnant.

The otter committed its first longboard larceny on June 18 at Cowells, a popular and crowded surf spot for beginners. “I’m 60 and I’ve been in Santa Cruz my whole life.

Santa Cruz's surfing otter, known to pirate surfboards and for aggressive behavior toward surfers, continued to elude capture on Saturday. Photos taken by Mark Woodward show crews coming face to ...

A clever sea otter was spotted hanging out with surfers at a popular surfing spot in California — and it even used its favorite board to catch a wave, photos show.

A clever sea otter was spotted hanging out with surfers at a popular surfing spot in California — and it even used its favorite board to catch a wave, photos show. Mark Woodward, the ...

An ornery, board-jacking sea otter is terrorizing surfers off the coast of Santa Cruz. An effort is underway to capture the creature. A sea otter is terrorizing California surfers - Los Angeles Times ...

If and when search teams capture her, Otter 841 will spend the rest of her life in captivity, away from the natural population. The otter's behavior is unusual, but it follows a familiar pattern ...

The sea otter put on quite a show "surfing" at Cowell Beach - checking out several boards before settling on the blue one. 24/7 Live San Francisco East Bay South Bay Peninsula North Bay.

A clever sea otter was spotted hanging out with surfers at a popular surfing spot in California — and it even used its favorite board to catch a wave, photos show. Mark Woodward, the ...

Sea otter hops on surfboard to catch wave at Cowell’s Beach in Santa Cruz, California. Local photographer captured photos, video of encounter Sea otter seen surfing off California beach — on ...

An otter with dreams of being a surf champion shocked Santa Cruz beach-goers when it swam right up to a group of surfers, picked out a board and went for a ride, according to reporting from SFGATE.