Monterey Bay Whale Watch
List of Marine Mammal Sightings
in the Monterey Bay Region
July 1-31, 2012
Note — In addition to sightings on Monterey Bay Whale Watch trips, this list includes all reported marine mammal sightings for this region. Unusual sightings of other marine animals such as Leatherback Sea Turtles and Basking Sharks are also listed. California Sea Lions, Harbor Seals, and Southern Sea Otters, which are seen on all whale watching trips, are not included in the list.
These sightings are copyright protected and may not be used without permission from Nancy Black. All rights reserved. Unauthorized use of this information is a violation of federal copyright law, and is subject to prosecution to the full extent of the law.
| Visit our Facebook page for more photos. |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Date |
# |
|
Type of Animal(s) |
|
|
|
|
Killer Whale (July 29, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
| 7/31 p.m. |
9 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
3 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
| 7/31 a.m. |
20 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
11 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
1 |
|
Northern Fur Seal |
|
|
|
| 7/30 p.m. |
8 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
Humpback Whale Breaching, Spinning
(July 28, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
|
|
| 7/30 a.m. |
28 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
8 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
6 |
|
Harbor Porpoise |
|
|
|
| 7/29 p.m. |
20 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
3 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
| 7/29 a.m. |
26 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
3 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
2 |
|
Killer Whales (transient type) |
|
|
1 |
|
Minke Whale |
|
|
|
6 |
|
Dall’s Porpoise |
|
Laysan Albatross (July 28, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
|
|
| 7/28 p.m. |
2 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
3 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
1 |
|
Laysan Albatross |
|
|
|
| 7/28 a.m. |
32 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
6 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
| 7/27 p.m. |
2 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
6 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
8 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
|
|
|
Blue Whale Lunge Feeding (July 27, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
| 7/27 a.m. |
15 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
4 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
1 |
|
Minke Whale |
|
|
4 |
|
Harbor Porpoise |
|
|
|
| 7/26 p.m. |
10 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
1 |
|
Blue Whale |
|
|
6 |
|
Harbor Porpoise |
|
|
|
|
Minke Whale (July 27, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
| 7/26 a.m. |
12 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
2 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
1 |
|
Minke Whale |
|
|
6 |
|
Harbor Porpoise |
|
|
|
| 7/25 late p.m. |
11 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
|
| 7/25 p.m. |
4 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
1 |
|
Blue Whale |
|
|
|
|
| 7/25 a.m. |
14 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
Humpback Whale Mother and Calf (July 27, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
|
3 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
40 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
|
|
| 7/24 p.m. |
17 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
1 |
|
Blue Whale |
|
|
|
| 7/24 a.m. |
16 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
2 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
25 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
|
12 |
|
Harbor Porpoise |
|
|
|
| 7/23 p.m. |
25 |
|
Humpback Whales (some double breaching) |
|
|
|
|
Two Sea Otters (July 22, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
| 7/23 a.m. |
18 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
2 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
60 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
|
5 |
|
Harbor Porpoise |
|
|
|
| 7/22 late p.m. |
22 |
|
Humpback Whales (some lunge feeding) |
|
|
2 |
|
Blue Whales (some lunge feeding) |
|
|
|
| 7/22 p.m. |
9 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
4 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
3 |
|
Bottlenose Dolphins |
|
|
|
|
Common Murre (leucistic) (July 21, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
| 7/22 a.m. |
3 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
3 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
60 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
|
|
| 7/21 p.m. |
2 |
|
Humpback Whales (cow & calf) |
|
|
2 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
| 7/21 a.m. |
3 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
4 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
|
| 7/20 a.m. |
11 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
Humpback Whale Tail and Pt. Sur Clipper
(July 21, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
|
4 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
1 |
|
Pacific White-sided Dolphin |
|
|
15 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
|
|
| 7/19 p.m. |
35 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
2 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
| 7/19 a.m. |
8 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
4 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
1 |
|
Mola Mola |
|
|
|
|
Two Blue Whales (July 20, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
| 7/18 p.m. |
8 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
| 7/18 a.m. |
10 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
7 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
10 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
|
1 |
|
Leatherback Sea Turtle |
|
|
|
| 7/17 p.m. |
10 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
1 |
|
Blue Whale |
|
|
|
|
Risso’s Dolphin (July 16, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
| 7/17 a.m. |
10 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
2 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
100 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
|
100 |
|
Northern Right-whale Dolphins |
|
|
1 |
|
Elephant Seal |
|
|
1 |
|
Mola Mola |
|
|
|
| 7/16 p.m. |
2 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
2 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
25 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
|
|
| 7/16 a.m. |
5 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
|
10 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
Humpback Whale Tail (July 14, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
|
50 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
|
|
| 7/15 late p.m. |
5 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
7 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
| 7/15 p.m. |
10 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
7 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
| 7/15 a.m. |
10 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
10 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
2 |
|
Minke Whales |
|
|
|
| 7/14 p.m. |
5 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
Blue Whale Lunge Feeding (July 14, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
|
12 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
|
|
| 7/14 a.m. |
15 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
10 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
1 |
|
Fin Whale |
|
|
1 |
|
Minke Whale |
|
|
1 |
|
Mola Mola |
|
|
|
|
| 7/13 p.m. |
3 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
Sea Otter with Gull (July 13, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
|
2 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
| 7/13 a.m. |
12 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
10 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
| 7/12 p.m. |
20 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
20 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
| 7/12 a.m. |
20 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
12 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
| 7/11 p.m. |
5 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
12 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
6 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
|
|
|
Pigeon Guillemot, (July 13, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
| 7/11 a.m. |
15 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
12 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
| 7/10 p.m. |
12 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
4 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
| 7/10 a.m. |
28 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
7 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
| 7/9 a.m. |
37 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
6 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
150 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
Humpback Whale Lunge Feeding (July 8, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
|
|
| 7/8 late p.m. |
3 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
| 7/8 p.m. |
28 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
5 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
75 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
|
4 |
|
Harbor Porpoise |
|
|
|
| 7/8 a.m. |
35 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
14 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
|
| 7/7 p.m. |
6 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
Blue Whale (July 6, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
|
|
| 7/7 a.m. |
38 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
200 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
|
50 |
|
Northern Right-whale Dolphins |
|
|
|
| 7/6 late p.m. |
25 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
3 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
| 7/6 p.m. |
30 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
4 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
|
Bottlenose Dolphins (July 6, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
| 7/6 a.m. |
40 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
6 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
8 |
|
Bottlenose Dolphins |
|
|
|
| 7/5 p.m. |
8 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
150 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
|
|
| 7/5 a.m. |
40 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
12 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
250 |
|
Pacific White-sided Dolphins |
|
|
400 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
|
|
300 |
|
Northern Right-whale Dolphins |
|
Humpback Whale with Brown Pelicans
(July 6, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
|
|
| 7/4 p.m. |
30 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
12 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
2 |
|
Minke Whales |
|
|
6 |
|
Dall’s Porpoise |
|
|
|
| 7/4 a.m. |
35 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
15 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
1 |
|
Minke Whale |
|
|
|
| 7/3 p.m. |
16 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
5 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
|
7 |
|
Pacific White-sided Dolphins |
|
Humpback Whale Breaching (July 3, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
|
10 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
|
|
| 7/3 a.m. |
50 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
20 |
|
Blue Whales (lunge feeding) |
|
|
20 |
|
Pacific White-sided Dolphins |
|
|
100 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
|
|
| 7/2 a.m. |
15 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
3 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
30 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins (with 5 calves) |
|
|
|
|
| 7/1 p.m. |
40 |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
Blue Whale tail (July 1, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta |
|
15 |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
30 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
|
|
| 7/1 a.m. |
60+ |
|
Humpback Whales |
|
|
40+ |
|
Blue Whales |
|
|
75 |
|
Risso’s Dolphins |
|
|
|
Copyright © 2012 Monterey Bay Whale Watch. No use of the sightings information is permitted without prior approval.
