Seals sunning on the beach and warmer water than usual: nice. Other sea critters: less nice.
I'm FINALLY on vacation away from all the stress and 20 hours days I put in overseas. I always come home to the States for vacations, and always to the tranquility of the outer part of Cape Cod, MA, just south of Provincetown.
This morning, my wife and I got up early for a long walk on the bay side beach. A very rare sight greeted us: a baby harbor seal swam onto the shore to grab some sun and rest. Later on, we went into the water on the ocean side off of Truro, which is usually cold and takes getting used to. But last year and this year, it has been much warmer than usual, and I just walked right in. Seals were swimming just offshore within 20 meters, and readily visible.
The abundance of seals has not gone unnoticed. The unusual sound of helicopter patrols above us reminded us why. Great White Sharks, the seals' main predators, not usual visitors as far north as the cold water shores of the outer Cape, have been seen close to shore here for a couple of years now, and last year there was the first shark attack in 75 years on a human close to where we stay.
As we love the water, we will still go in, but if one of those helicopters suddenly dips low to warn bathers of a nearby shark sighting, we'll be running out, as we love our legs, too. The sharks sighted around here were at least 15 feet long, so one well-aimed chomp could mean the end of any ambitions we may harbor of enrolling in tap-dancing classes in later life.
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What a lovely description of life on your bit of Cape Cod...I feel as though I'm there.
Good luck to you both, and to the baby harbor seal. Sharks have to eat too, but I'd rather they left you alone!
Enjoy your time there, and get those batteries recharged...
Be sure to get out of the water.
It's probably not so good for a lot of the sea life that depends on cold, highly oxygenated water. 
But, there is no global warming, right? I know because Rush and Glenn told me so, and they would never lie to me.
BTW, you might like this. Couple weeks ago we auditioned for a new keyboard player. The guy shows up pulling a trailer and when he opened the door there sat a Hammond B3 with a Leslie. After we got him set up, he asked what we'd like to warm up on and I asked if he knew Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen. We've played this song for years, but never behind a B3. Well, he said he did and started the intro and the rest of us jumped in. He played the tune note for note, and we hired him on the spot. 