Monterey Bay Whale Watch Marine Mammal Sightings List July 2013

Monterey Bay Whale Watch
List of Marine Mammal Sightings
in the Monterey Bay Region
July 1-31, 2013

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.

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Visit our Facebook page for more photos.			Black-footed Albatross (July 29, 2013) Breaching Humpback Whale (July 29, 2013) Pigeon Guillemot with small rockfish (July 29, 2013) Mother and calf Humpback Whales (July 29, 2013) Dall’s Porpoise and Blue Whale (July 29, 2013) Humpback Whale and Blue Whale (July 27, 2013) Humpback Whale with Albatross below fluke (July 26, 2013) Long beaked Common Dolphin (possibly pregnant) (July 22, 2013) Humpback Whale Tail and Sooty Shearwater (July 22, 2013) Pigeon Gillemot eating an Octopus (July 22, 2013) California Sea Otter and Brandt’s Cormorant (July 20, 2013) Three California Sea Otters (July 20, 2013) California Sea Lion (July 14, 2013) Night Heron (July 14, 2013) Tail throwing Humpback Whale (July 14, 2013) Blue Whale tail (July 13, 2013) Leatherback Sea Turtle (July 13, 2013) Pacific White-sided Dolphin ahead of Risso’s Dolphins (July 12, 2013) Breaching Humpback Whale (July 12, 2013) Mom and baby Risso’s Dolphins (July 12, 2013) Two Humpback Whales (July 8, 2013) Blue Whale tail (July 7, 2013) Father and chick Murres (July 7, 2013) Humpback Whale and sailboat (July 7, 2013) Blue Whale turning sharply (July 6, 2013) Risso’s Dolphins (July 6, 2013) Killer Whale Fat Fin breaching sequence – #1 (July 5, 2013) Killer Whale Fat Fin breaching sequence – #2 Killer Whale Fat Fin breaching sequence – #3 Killer Whale Fat Fin breaching sequence – #4 All photos © 2013 Daniel Bianchetta

Date	#	Type of Animal(s)

7/31 p.m.	6	Humpback Whales

7/31 a.m.	15	Humpback Whales
	2	Blue Whales
	20	Risso’s Dolphins

7/30 p.m.	12	Humpback Whales
	10	Dall’s Porpoise

7/30 a.m.	12	Humpback Whales
	2	Blue Whales
	100	Risso’s Dolphins

7/29 p.m.	6	Humpback Whales (with very active calf)
	1	Blue Whale
	5	Dall’s Porpoise

7/29 a.m.	4	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale
	250	Risso’s Dolphins

7/28 late p.m.	1	Humpback Whale (breaching repeatedly)
	1	Blue Whale
	40	Risso’s Dolphins

7/28 p.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	2	Blue Whales
	25	Risso’s Dolphins
	3	Dall’s Porpoise

7/28 a.m.	4	Humpback Whales
	3	Blue Whales
	225	Risso’s Dolphins

7/27 late p.m.	5	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale
	255	Risso’s Dolphins

7/27 p.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	3	Blue Whales
	20	Risso’s Dolphins
	10	Dall’s Porpoise

7/27 a.m.	14	Humpback Whales
	7	Blue Whales
	1	Killer Whale (Stumpy)
	200	Risso’s Dolphins

7/26 late p.m.	8	Humpback Whales
	5	Blue Whales
	42	Risso’s Dolphins

7/26 p.m.	5	Humpback Whales
	7	Blue Whales
	30	Risso’s Dolphins
	3	Dall’s Porpoise

7/26 a.m.	5	Humpback Whales
	6	Blue Whales

7/25 late p.m.	2	Humpback Whales
	5	Blue Whales
	12	Risso’s Dolphins

7/25 p.m.	4	Humpback Whales
	8	Blue Whales
	1	Minke Whale
	30	Risso’s Dolphins

7/25 a.m.	5	Humpback Whales
	4	Blue Whales
	200	Risso’s Dolphins
	6	Bottlenose Dolphins

7/24 late p.m.	5	Humpback Whales
	6-10	Blue Whales
	100	Risso’s Dolphins

7/24 p.m.	11	Humpback Whales
	4	Blue Whales
	10	Risso’s Dolphins

7/24 a.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	4	Blue Whales
	7	Risso’s Dolphins

7/23 p.m.	2	Humpback Whales
	3	Blue Whales
	30	Risso’s Dolphins
	1	Jumping Sea Lion

7/23 a.m.	7	Humpback Whales
	10	Blue Whales
	50	Risso’s Dolphins

7/22 a.m.	7	Humpback Whales
	7	Blue Whales
	10	Common Dolphins
	5	Risso’s Dolphins
	1	Blue Shark
	1	Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)

7/21 p.m.	2	Humpback Whales
	2	Blue Whales
	15	Risso’s Dolphins

7/21 a.m.	5	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale
	20	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	100	Risso’s Dolphins (including new-born calf)
	1	Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)

7/20 late p.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale
	12	Risso’s Dolphins

7/20 p.m.	1	Humpback Whale
	1	Blue Whale
	1	Killer Whale (Stumpy)

7/20 a.m.	10	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale
	125	Risso’s Dolphins

7/19 a.m.	11	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale
	1	Minke Whale

7/18 p.m.	4	Blue Whales

7/18 a.m.	1	Humpback Whale
	1	Blue Whale
	1	Killer Whale
	100	Risso’s Dolphins

7/17 p.m.	1	Humpback Whale
	3	Blue Whales

7/17 a.m.	7	Humpback Whales
	5	Blue Whales
	1	Killer Whale (Stumpy)
	100	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	250	Risso’s Dolphins (including new-born calf)
	10	Northern Right Whale Dolphins

7/16 late p.m.	8	Humpback Whales
	2	Blue Whales

7/16 p.m.	4	Humpback Whales
	2	Blue Whales

7/16 a.m.	5	Humpback Whales
	3	Blue Whales
	20	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	100	Risso’s Dolphins

7/15 late p.m.	5	Humpback Whale
	1	Killer Whale
	40	Risso’s Dolphins

7/15 p.m.	2	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale
	1	Killer Whale (Stumpy)

7/15 a.m.	4	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale
	15	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	10	Risso’s Dolphins
	1	Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)

7/14 late p.m.	1	Humpback Whale
	1	Blue Whale
	10	Risso’s Dolphins

7/14 p.m.	1	Humpback Whale
	3	Blue Whales
	2	Risso’s Dolphins

7/14 a.m.	4	Humpback Whales, with mom & calf pair
	See Facebook video of calf breaching
	130	Risso’s Dolphins

7/13 late p.m.	2	Humpback Whales
	2	Blue Whales

7/13 p.m.	1	Humpback Whale
	1	Blue Whale

7/13 a.m.	4	Humpback Whales
	2	Blue Whales
	250	Risso’s Dolphins

7/12 late p.m.	1	Humpback Whale
	40	Risso’s Dolphins
	4	Dall’s Porpoise

7/12 p.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	30	Risso’s Dolphins

7/12 a.m.	4	Humpback Whales
	3	Blue Whales
	145	Risso’s Dolphins

7/11 late p.m.	2	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale

7/11 p.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	10	Risso’s Dolphins

7/11 a.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	5	Blue Whales
	25	Risso’s Dolphins

7/10 late p.m.	1	Humpback Whale
	1	Blue Whale
	40+	Risso’s Dolphins

7/10 p.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	2	Blue Whales
	15	Risso’s Dolphins

7/10 a.m.	1	Humpback Whale
	3	Blue Whales
	200	Risso’s Dolphins

7/9 p.m.	6	Blue Whales

7/9 a.m.	2	Humpback Whales
	7	Blue Whales
	25	Risso’s Dolphins

7/8 p.m.	1	Humpback Whale
	1	Blue Whale
	5	Risso’s Dolphins

7/8 a.m.	4	Humpback Whales
	7	Blue Whales

7/7 late p.m.	1	Humpback Whale
	2	Blue Whales
	20	Risso’s Dolphins

7/7 p.m.	2	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale
	35	Risso’s Dolphins

7/7 a.m.	5	Humpback Whales
	7	Blue Whales
	6	Harbor Porpoise

7/6 late p.m.	3	Blue Whales
	1	Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)

7/6 p.m.	7	Blue Whales
	175	Risso’s Dolphins
	5	Harbor Porpoise

7/6 a.m.	12	Humpback Whales
	9	Blue Whales
	15	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	250	Risso’s Dolphins

7/5 a.m.	1	Humpback Whale
	9	Blue Whales
	1	Killer Whale (Fat Fin)
See our Facebook page for photos & a video of Fat Fin.

7/4 late p.m.	1	Humpback Whale
	1	Blue Whale

7/4 p.m.	15	Humpback Whales
	8	Blue Whales
	1	Killer Whale (Fat Fin)
	35	Risso’s Dolphins

7/4 a.m.	6	Humpback Whales
	32	Blue Whales
	1	Killer Whale (Fat Fin)
	10	Risso’s Dolphins
	7	Dall’s Porpoise

7/3 late p.m.	1	Humpback Whale
	1	Blue Whale
	10	Dall’s Porpoise

7/3 p.m.	9	Humpback Whales
	14	Blue Whales
	3	Risso’s Dolphins

7/3 a.m.	1	Humpback Whale
	20	Blue Whales

7/2 late p.m.	15	Risso’s Dolphins

7/2 p.m.	2	Humpback Whales

7/2 a.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	4	Blue Whales
	40	Risso’s Dolphins
	3	Dall’s Porpoise

7/1 late p.m.	1	Humpback Whale
	20	Risso’s Dolphins

7/1 p.m.	10	Harbor Porpoise

7/1 a.m.	1	Humpback Whale
	10	Risso’s Dolphins
	5	Dall’s Porpoise
	5	Harbor Porpoise

MONTEREY BAY WHALE WATCH MARINE MAMMAL SIGHTINGS LIST JULY 2013

MARINE MAMMAL SIGHTINGS IN THE MONTEREY BAY REGION