Stop by here for some elephant seal viewing on your Big Sur trip! There's other spots with less people where they come to shore also but the people in the elephant seal club will yell at you if you even attempt to park. The best time to go is when the males are fighting which I believe is in February. A really impressive National Geographic-esque sight. The males are HUGE. No picture can do them justice. Like the size of cars. And the fights get realllllly bloody. Worth the stop on highway 1, you'll be driving right by if you go through Big Sur.