Experts say one of the worst red tides they’ve seen is causing hundreds of sea lions and dolphins to die on Southern California’s beaches.

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Hundreds of sea lions and dolphins are turning up severely ill or dying on Southern California’s beaches as the region experiences what one wildlife group says is the worst so-called red tide they’ve ever seen.

Since June 8, more than 100 dolphins and more than 100 sea lions have died in the Santa Barbara area because of domoic acid toxicity from algal blooms, according to Sam Dover, executive director of the Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute.

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