Monterey Bay Whale Watch Marine Mammal Sightings List March 2015

Monterey Bay Whale Watch
List of Marine Mammal Sightings
in the Monterey Bay Region
March 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)

3/31 a.m.	16	Humpback Whales
	50	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/30 a.m.	2	Humpback Whales (cow & calf)
	400	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	20	Risso’s Dolphins

3/29 a.m.	4	Gray Whales
	7	Humpback Whales
	1	Minke Whale
	1200	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	3	Harbor Porpoise

3/28 p.m.	2	Humpback Whales
	15	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	20	Risso’s Dolphins

3/28 a.m.	2	Gray Whales
	12	Humpback Whales
	350	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	5	Harbor Porpoise

3/27 a.m.	2	Gray Whales
	6	Humpback Whales
	150	Risso’s Dolphins

3/26 p.m.	4	Gray Whales
	4	Humpback Whales
	80	Risso’s Dolphins

3/26 a.m.	5	Humpback Whales
	250	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	300	Risso’s Dolphins

3/25 a.m.	5	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)
	100	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/24 a.m.	22	Humpback Whales
	300	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	40	Risso’s Dolphins

3/23 p.m.	4	Killer Whales
	11	Gray Whales
	8	Humpback Whales
	600	Common Dolphins

3/23 a.m.	8	Gray Whales
	6	Humpback Whales
	2	Harbor Porpoise

3/22 p.m.	21	Gray Whales
	5	Humpback Whales
	50	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/22 a.m.	3	Gray Whales
	1	Humpback Whale
	150	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	40	Risso’s Dolphins

3/21 p.m.	19	Gray Whales
	3	Humpback Whales

3/21 a.m.	7	Killer Whales
	6	Gray Whales
	600	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	500	Risso’s Dolphins

3/21 early a.m.	3	Gray Whales
	7	Humpback Whales
	1000	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/20 p.m.	12	Humpback Whales
	1000	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/20 a.m.	5	Gray Whales
	15	Humpback Whales
	1000	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/19 p.m.	6	Humpback Whales
	400	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/19 a.m.	5	Humpback Whales
	1	Sei Whales
	500	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/18 a.m.	1	Gray Whale
	8	Humpback Whales
	400	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	25	Risso’s Dolphins

3/15 p.m.	6	Gray Whales
	1200	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/15 a.m.	13	Gray Whales
	3	Humpback Whales
	150	Risso’s Dolphins
	10	Dall’s Porpoise
	3	Harbor Porpoise

3/14 p.m.	10	Gray Whales
	5	Humpback Whales
	600	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/14 a.m.	11	Gray Whales
Pt. Sur Clipper	9	Humpback Whales
	10	Bottlenose Dolphins

3/14 a.m.	4	Gray Whales – extra friendly
Sea Wolf II		mating for two hours

3/14 early a.m.	7	Gray Whales
	3	Humpback Whales
	50	Risso’s Dolphins

3/13 p.m.	20	Gray Whales
	4	Humpback Whales

3/13 a.m.	15	Gray Whales
	800	Risso’s Dolphins

3/12 p.m.	6	Gray Whales
	16	Humpback Whales
	300	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/12 a.m.	8	Gray Whales
	11	Humpback Whales
	20	Risso’s Dolphins

3/11 p.m.	25	Gray Whales
	300	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	100	Risso’s Dolphins

3/11 a.m.	21	Gray Whales
	2	Humpback Whales
	250	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/10 p.m.	16	Gray Whales

3/10 a.m.	4	Gray Whales
	2	Humpback Whales
	7	Bottlenose Dolphins

3/9 p.m.	8	Killer Whales
	32	Gray Whales
	2	Humpback Whales

3/9 a.m.	2	Gray Whales
	4	Humpback Whales
	700	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/8 p.m.	4	Humpback Whales
	1400	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/8 a.m.	8	Humpback Whales
	1400	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/7 p.m.	1	Killer Whale (Fat Fin)
	700	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/7 a.m.	10	Killer Whales
	7	Gray Whales
	700	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/7 early a.m.	11	Gray Whales
	400	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/6 p.m.	10	Humpback Whales
	800	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/6 a.m.	1	Killer Whale
	15	Gray Whales
	1	Humpback Whale

3/5 p.m.	1	Killer Whale
	15	Gray Whales
	200	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	300	Risso’s Dolphins

3/5 a.m.	7	Killer Whales
	2	Humpback Whales
	300	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/4 p.m.	17	Gray Whales
	300	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	20	Risso’s Dolphins

3/4 a.m.	3	Gray Whales
	3	Humpback Whales
	450	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/3 p.m.	1	Gray Whale
	14	Humpback Whales
	500	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/3 a.m.	1	Gray Whale
	15	Humpback Whales
	400	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/2 a.m.	15	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)
	125	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/1 p.m.	1	Gray Whale
	5	Humpback Whales

3/1 a.m.	2	Gray Whales
	3	Humpback Whales
	700	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	30	Risso’s Dolphins

Humpback Whale breaching, photo by Daniel Bianchetta

Humpback Whale breaching (March 28, 2015) Risso's Dolphins by Pt. Sur Clipper, photo by Daniel Bianchetta

Risso’s Dolphins by Pt. Sur Clipper (March 27, 2015)

Brandt's Cormorant and Snowy Egret, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Brandt’s Cormorant and Snowy Egret (March 27, 2015)

Breaching HumpbackWhale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Humpback Whale (March 23, 2015)

Gray Whale tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Gray Whale tail (March 22, 2015)

Killer Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whales (March 21, 2015)

Humpback Whale tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale tail (March 21, 2015)

Risso's Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso’s Dolphins (March 21, 2015)

HumpbackWhales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whales (March 20, 2015)

Female Red-breasted Merganser, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Female Red-breasted Merganser (March 20, 2015)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (March 15, 2015)

Close encounter with Gray Whales (March 14, 2015)

Gray Whale spy-hopping, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Gray Whales spy-hopping (March 14, 2015)

Southern Sea Otter with Sea Lions, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otter and Sea Lions (Note that the
Otter has wrapped a bouy rope around itself as it
would wrap itself in kelp) (March 13, 2015)

Risso's Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso’s Dolphin (March 13, 2015)

Killer Whale mother and calf, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whale mother and calf (March 9, 2015)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins running
(March 7, 2015)

Male Killer Whale Fat Fin on his side
(March 7, 2015)

Gray Whale breaching, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Gray Whale breaching (March 7, 2015)

Male Killer Whale CA-171b Fat Fin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Male Killer Whale CA-171b (Fat Fin)
(March 6, 2015)

Humpback Whales lunge-feeding, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale lunge-feeding
(Note Anchovies) (March 2, 2015)

Mother and pup Sea Otter, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Mother and pup Sea Otter (March 2, 2015)

Three Gray Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Three Gray Whales (March 6, 2015) Long-beaked Common Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Mar. 1, 2015)

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