Year-round, travellers are guaranteed sightings of loud sea lions, shy harbour seals, diving brown pelicans, hundreds of other birds, and the bottom feeding leopard shark.

BBC: In search of the California sea otter

On a smaller scale, Shark Multimedia's new Leopard USB modem is a pocket-size external modem that also operates with any H.324 video phone system.

CNN: New modems and related gear debut