Monterey Bay Whale Watch
List of Marine Mammal Sightings
in the Monterey Bay Region
January 1-31, 2015

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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Date #     Type of Animal(s) 1/31 p.m. 16      Gray Whales   400      Long-beaked Common Dolphins   40      Pacific White-sided Dolphins 1/31 a.m. 13      Gray Whales   300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins   500      Short-beaked Common Dolphins   30      Risso's Dolphins   1      Fur Seal 1/30 p.m. 20      Gray Whales 1/30 a.m. 17      Gray Whales   1500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins   500      Risso's Dolphins 1/29 p.m. 21      Gray Whales   25      Risso's Dolphins 1/29 a.m. 27      Gray Whales   500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/28 p.m. 11      Gray Whales   350      Long-beaked Common Dolphins   25      Risso's Dolphins 1/28 a.m. 15      Gray Whales   1      Humpback Whale 1/27 p.m. 28      Gray Whales   500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins   20      Risso's Dolphins 1/27 a.m. 20      Gray Whales   460      Long-beaked Common Dolphins   65      Risso's Dolphins 1/26 p.m. 29      Gray Whales   250      Long-beaked Common Dolphins   25      Risso's Dolphins 1/26 a.m. 15      Gray Whales   150      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/25 p.m. 27      Gray Whales   800      Long-beaked Common Dolphins   200      Risso's Dolphins   10      Harbor Porpoise 1/25 a.m. 36      Gray Whales   300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins   250      Risso's Dolphins 1/24 p.m. 56      Gray Whales 1/24 a.m. 30      Gray Whales   700      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/24 early a.m. 22      Gray Whales   900      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/23 p.m. 12      Gray Whales   3      Risso's Dolphins 1/23 a.m. 19      Gray Whales   1      Humpback Whale 1/22 p.m. 46      Gray Whales   1      Humpback Whale 1/22 a.m. 25      Gray Whales   4      Humpback Whales 1/21 p.m. 12      Gray Whales   600      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/21 a.m. 32      Gray Whales   300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/20 p.m. 8      Gray Whales   2      Humpback Whales   15      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/20 a.m. 23      Gray Whales   600      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/19 p.m. 37      Gray Whales   5      Humpback Whales   1200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/19 a.m. 34      Gray Whales   150      Long-Beaked Common Dolphins   4      Risso's Dolphins 1/18 p.m. 20      Gray Whales 1/18 a.m. 17      Gray Whales   650      Long-Beaked Common Dolphins   350      Risso's Dolphins 1/17 p.m. 27      Gray Whales   1      Humpback Whale   4000+      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/17 a.m. 38      Gray Whales   250      Long-Beaked Common Dolphins   80      Risso's Dolphins 1/17 early a.m. 22      Gray Whales   2      Humpback Whales   900      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/16 p.m. 11      Gray Whales   10      Humpback Whales   1000      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/16 a.m. 10      Gray Whales   10      Humpback Whales   1000      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/15 p.m. 18      Gray Whales   500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/15 a.m. 9      Gray Whales   7      Humpback Whales   500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/14 p.m. 34      Gray Whales   400      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/14 a.m. 36      Gray Whales   800      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/13 p.m. 9      Gray Whales 1/13 a.m. 17      Gray Whales   1500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins   500      Risso's Dolphins 1/12 p.m. 2      Gray Whales   5      Humpback Whales   470      Risso's Dolphins 1/12 a.m. 8      Humpback Whales   1      Minke Whale   350      Long-beaked Common Dolphins   25      Harbor Porpoise 1/11 p.m. 29      Gray Whales 1/11 a.m. 30      Gray Whales 1/10 p.m. 22      Gray Whales   200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/10 a.m. 13      Gray Whales   300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/10 early a.m. 11      Gray Whales   600      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/9 p.m. 14      Gray Whales   4      Humpback Whales 1/9 a.m. 26      Gray Whales   3      Humpback Whales   550      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/8 p.m. 27      Gray Whales   2000+      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/8 a.m. 9      Gray Whales   2000      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/7 p.m. 11      Gray Whales   5      Humpback Whales   600      Long-beaked Common Dolphins   30      Pacific White-sided Dolphins   40      Risso's Dolphins 1/7 a.m. 23      Gray Whales   66      Long-beaked Common Dolphins   20      Pacific White-sided Dolphins 1/6 p.m. 10      Gray Whales   5      Humpback Whales   20      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/6 a.m. 18      Gray Whales   3      Humpback Whales   1500+      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/5 p.m. 10      Gray Whales   2      Risso's Dolphins 1/5 a.m. 17      Gray Whales   1200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins 1/4 p.m. 22      Gray Whales 1/4 a.m. 19      Gray Whales   300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins   150      Risso's Dolphins 1/4 early a.m. 23      Gray Whales   400      Long-beaked Common Dolphins   200      Risso's Dolphins 1/3 p.m. 24      Gray Whales   1      Humpback Whale (breaching) 1/3 a.m. 17      Gray Whales   100      Long-beaked Common Dolphins   100      Risso's Dolphins 1/3 early a.m. 31      Gray Whales 1/2 p.m. 23      Gray Whales 1/2 a.m. 22      Gray Whales   40      Risso's Dolphins 1/2 early a.m. 29      Gray Whales   60      Long-beaked Common Dolphins   500      Risso's Dolphins 1/1 p.m. 11      Gray Whales   1000+      Risso's Dolphins 1/1 a.m. 8      Gray Whales   500      Risso's Dolphins 1/1 early a.m. 14      Gray Whales   3      Bottlenose Dolphins         Two Gray Whales Spyhopping (Jan. 31, 2015) Great Blue Heron (Jan. 30, 2015) Albino or leucistic Risso's Dolphin (Jan. 25, 2015) Gray Whale tail (Jan. 25, 2015) Risso's Dolphins near Pt. Sur Clipper (Jan. 25, 2015) Four Gray Whales (Jan. 24, 2015) Loon in artistic morning reflections (Jan. 24, 2015) Baby Gray Whale (Jan. 23, 2015) Breaching baby Risso's Dolphin (Jan. 18, 2015) Long-beaked Common Dolphins by Pt. Sur Clipper (Jan. 17, 2015) Mother and calf Long-beaked Common Dolphins (Jan. 17, 2015) Humpback Whale tail (Jan. 16, 2015) Two Humpback Whales breaching (Jan. 12, 2015) Risso's Dolphin (Jan. 12, 2015) Breaching Gray Whale (Jan. 10, 2015) Long-beaked Common Dolphins (Jan. 5, 2015) Long-beaked Common Dolphins (Jan. 5, 2015) California Brown Pelicans in flight (Jan. 5, 2015) 5 Gray Whales (Jan. 4, 2015) Sunrise on 7 a.m. trip (Jan. 4, 2015) Humpback Whale breaching (Jan. 3, 2015) California Brown Pelican (Jan. 3, 2015) Southern Sea Otters (Jan. 2, 2015) Cannery Row and Aquarium on 7 a.m. trip (Jan. 2, 2015)   Gray Whale rainbow blow (Jan. 2, 2015) Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Jan. 2, 2015) All photos © 2015 Daniel Bianchetta

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