Looks like they went to Oregon. El NiƱo has made the water warmer so the fish moved to colder waters and the sea lions followed.
Sea lions showing up in Oregon
Tom Stienstra, Chronicle Outdoors Writer Thursday, January 7, 2010
The question on everyone's mind lately has been: Where have San Francisco's famous sea lions gone? The answer might lie about 500 miles north of the Golden Gate, where an estimated 2,000 sea lions have recently arrived off the central Oregon coast.
www.sfgate.com.../c/a/2010/01/07/MN281BE41C.DTL
[edit on 8-1-2010 by Deny Arrogance]

