A surfer was left shaken on Friday after he was attacked by a sea lion that was presumably infected with a toxic algae that’s rapidly spreading across California’s coastline. Ventura County local Rj LaMendola was surfing at Oxnard State Beach on Friday when a sea lion suddenly “erupted from the water” and started barreling toward him,

Sea lions and other marine mammals off the California coast are displaying unusual and aggressive behavior, likely linked to a harmful algal bloom, marine researchers say. One surfer off Ventura County had a terrifying encounter with a particularly aggressive sea lion on Friday.