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MONTEREY BAY WHALE WATCH MARINE MAMMAL SIGHTINGS LIST JULY 2015

MARINE MAMMAL SIGHTINGS IN THE MONTEREY BAY REGION

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

July 1-31, 2015
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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)

7/31 late p.m. 3 Humpback Whales
3 Harbor Porpoise
6 Dall’s Porpoise

7/31 p.m. 3 Humpback Whales
12 Killer Whales
10 Dall’s Porpoise
2 Blue Sharks
1 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/31 a.m. 10 Humpback Whales
10 Risso’s Dolphins
32 Dall’s Porpoise

7/30 late p.m. 12 Humpback Whales (lunge feeding)
10 Dall’s Porpoise

7/30 p.m. 20 Humpback Whales
2 Minke Whales
100 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
20 Risso’s Dolphins
5 Harbor Porpoise

7/30 a.m. 13 Humpback Whales
2 Minke Whales
210 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
15 Dall’s Porpoise
1 Blue Shark

7/29 late p.m. 12 Humpback Whales
100 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
40 Risso’s Dolphins
20 Dall’s Porpoise
1 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/29 p.m. 14 Humpback Whales
2 Blue Whales
70 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

7/29 a.m. 20 Humpback Whales
2 Blue Whales
100 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
40 Risso’s Dolphins
2 Harbor Porpoise
3 Dall’s Porpoise

7/28 late p.m. 11 Humpback Whales
70 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

7/28 p.m. 21 Humpback Whales
150 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

7/28 a.m. 10 Humpback Whales
1 Fin Whale
100 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
170 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
15 Dall’s Porpoise

7/27 p.m. 15 Humpback Whales
100 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
100 Short-beaked Common Dolphins
40 Risso’s Dolphins

7/27 a.m. 25 Humpback Whales
250 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
40 Risso’s Dolphins

7/26 late p.m. 15 Humpback Whales

7/26 p.m. 15 Humpback Whales

7/26 a.m. 25 Humpback Whales
2 Blue Whales
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

7/25 a.m. 31 Humpback Whales
3 Blue Whales
1 Possible Fin Whale
280 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
30 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
10 Short-beaked Common Dolphins

7/24 p.m. 1 Humpback Whale
10 Dall’s Porpoise

7/24 a.m. 4 Humpback Whales
5 Blue Whales
1 Fin Whale
200+ Short-beaked Common Dolphins

7/23 p.m. 2 Humpback Whales
9 Blue Whales
3 Dall’s Porpoise

7/23 a.m. 4 Humpback Whales
5 Blue Whales
1 Fin Whale
8 Harbor Porpoise
5 Dall’s Porpoise

7/22 late p.m. 4 Humpback Whales
1 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/22 p.m. 6 Humpback Whales
2 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/22 a.m. 6 Humpback Whales
500 Risso’s Dolphins
4 Harbor Porpoise
23 Dall’s Porpoise
2 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/21 late p.m. 6 Humpback Whales
5 Harbor Porpoise
1 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/21 p.m. 4 Humpback Whales
1 Harbor Porpoise
1 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/21 a.m. 8 Humpback Whales
3 Harbor Porpoise

7/20 late p.m. 1 Humpback Whale
2 Harbor Porpoise

7/20 p.m. 7 Humpback Whales
8 Harbor Porpoise

7/20 a.m. 10 Humpback Whales
12 Harbor Porpoise
1 Elephant Seal

7/19 late p.m. 3 Humpback Whales
6 Harbor Porpoise

7/19 p.m. 4 Humpback Whales
12 Harbor Porpoise

7/19 a.m. 5 Humpback Whales
18 Risso’s Dolphins
8 Dall’s Porpoise

7/18 late p.m. 7 Humpback Whales
2 Minke Whales
30 Risso’s Dolphins
1 28-foot basking shark

7/18 p.m. 1 Humpback Whale
5 Killer Whales
45 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
3 Risso’s Dolphins

7/18 a.m. 5 Killer Whales
1200 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
5 Risso’s Dolphins

7/17 late p.m. 6 Humpback Whales

7/17 p.m. 4 Humpback Whales

7/17 a.m. 6 Humpback Whales
400 Risso’s Dolphins
10 Harbor Porpoise
7 Dall’s Porpoise

7/16 late p.m. 11 Humpback Whales

7/16 p.m. 8 Humpback Whales

7/16 a.m. 14 Humpback Whales
15 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
10 Risso’s Dolphins

7/15 late p.m. 7 Humpback Whales
10 Dall’s Porpoise

7/15 p.m. 10 Humpback Whales

7/15 a.m. 6 Humpback Whales
6 Dall’s Porpoise

7/14 a.m. 5 Humpback Whales

7/13 a.m. 4 Humpback Whales
12 Risso’s Dolphins
2 Harbor Porpoise

7/12 late p.m. 4 Humpback Whales

7/12 p.m. 1 Humpback Whale
3 Dall’s Porpoise

7/12 a.m. 25 Humpback Whales
400 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
25 Northern Right Whale Dolphins

7/11 late p.m. 8 Humpback Whales
1 Blue Whale
45 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
20 Dall’s Porpoise

7/11 p.m. 7 Humpback Whales
1 Blue Whale
30 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
4 Dall’s Porpoise

7/11 a.m. 9 Humpback Whales
1 Blue Whale
7 Cuvier’s Beaked Whales
25 Pacific White-sided Dolphins

7/10 late p.m. 9 Humpback Whales
250 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
30 Risso’s Dolphins
1 Northern Fur Seal

7/10 p.m. 6 Humpback Whales
120 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
185 Risso’s Dolphins
15 Northern Right Whale Dolphins

7/10 a.m. 5 Humpback Whales
1 Minke Whale
200 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
50 Risso’s Dolphins
15 Northern Right Whale Dolphins
7 Harbor Porpoise

7/8 late p.m. 4 Humpback Whales
1 Blue Whale
500 Risso’s Dolphins
5 Dall’s Porpoise

7/8 p.m. 7 Humpback Whales
2 Blue Whales
500 Risso’s Dolphins
7 Dall’s Porpoise

7/8 a.m. 10 Humpback Whales
1 Blue Whale
1 Minke Whale
500 Risso’s Dolphins
50 Northern Right Whale Dolphins

7/7 late p.m. 8 Humpback Whales
3 Blue Whales
1 Minke Whale

7/7 p.m. 9 Humpback Whales
3 Blue Whales
1 Harbor Porpoise

7/7 a.m. 12 Humpback Whales
1 Blue Whale
1 Minke Whale
22 Risso’s Dolphins
1 Harbor Porpoise

7/6 late p.m. 14 Humpback Whales
50 Pacific White-sided Dolphins

7/6 p.m. 3 Humpback Whales
1 Blue Whale
320 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
50 Risso’s Dolphins
22 Dall’s Porpoise

7/6 a.m. 7 Humpback Whales
1 Blue Whale
2 Minke Whales
150 Risso’s Dolphins
2 Dall’s Porpoise
1 Tufted Puffin

7/5 late p.m. 9 Humpback Whales
10 Risso’s Dolphins

7/5 p.m. 10 Humpback Whales
200 Short-beaked Common Dolphins
20 Pacific White-sided Dolphins

7/5 a.m. 22 Humpback Whales
1 Blue Whale
200 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
20 Risso’s Dolphins
5 Dall’s Porpoise

7/4 late p.m. 9 Humpback Whales
30 Risso’s Dolphins
1 Harbor Porpoise

7/4 p.m. 5 Humpback Whales
30 Risso’s Dolphins
2 Harbor Porpoise

7/4 a.m. 3 Humpback Whales
220 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
30 Risso’s Dolphins
4 Harbor Porpoise
6 Dall’s Porpoise

7/3 late p.m. 7 Humpback Whales

7/3 p.m. 7 Humpback Whales
1 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/3 a.m. 7 Humpback Whales
7 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
8 Harbor Porpoise
10 Dall’s Porpoise
1 Elephant Seal
2 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/2 late p.m. 3 Humpback Whales
1 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/2 p.m. 6 Humpback Whales
3 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/2 a.m. 14 Humpback Whales
6 Harbor Porpoise
10 Dall’s Porpoise
2 Elephant Seals
1 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/1 late p.m. 7 Humpback Whales

7/1 p.m. 4 Humpback Whales

7/1 a.m. 10 Humpback Whales
20 Harbor Porpoise
20 Dall’s Porpoise
Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (July 27, 2015)Southern Sea Otter resting in kelp, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otter resting in kelp (July 27, 2015)

Monterey Bay Aquarium in evening light, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Monterey Bay Aquarium in evening light
(July 26, 2015)

Lunge-feeding Humpback Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whales lunge-feeding (July 26, 2015)

Pigeon Guillemot, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Pigeon Guillemot (July 26, 2015)

California Sea Lions, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
California Sea Lions (July 26, 2015)

Blue Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale (July 24, 2015)

Fin Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Fin Whale (July 24, 2015)

Lunge-feeding Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Lunge-feeding Humpback Whale (July 20, 2015)

Harbor Porpoise, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Harbor Porpoise (July 20, 2015)

Returning in the evening, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Returning in the evening (July 18, 2015)

Killer Whale by Pt Sur Clipper, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whale by Pt Sur Clipper (July 18, 2015)

Killer Whales and Black-footed Albatross, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whales and Black-footed Albatross
(July 18, 2015)

Humpback Whale tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale tail (July 13, 2015)

Humpback Whale tail throwing near Aquarium, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale tail throwing near Aquarium
(July 13, 2015)

Fishing boat heading into the sunset, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Fishing boat heading into the sunset (July 11, 2015)

Black-footed Albatross close-up, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Black-footed Albatross close-up (July 11, 2015)

Mother and calf Cuvier's Beaked Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Mother and calf Cuvier’s Beaked Whales
(July 11, 2015)

Breaching Pacific White-sided Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Pacific White-sided Dolphin (July 10, 2015)

Minke Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Minke Whale (July 10, 2015)

First Tufted Puffin of the year, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
First Tufted Puffin of the year (July 6, 2015)

Risso's Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso’s Dolphins (July 6, 2015)

Short-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Short-beaked Common Dolphins (July 5, 2015)

Blue Whale by 9th hole of Pebble Beach, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale by Pebble Beach (July 5, 2015)

Southern Sea Otter eating a squid, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otter eating a squid (July 5, 2015)

Mother and calf Humpback Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Mother and calf Humpback Whales (July 5, 2015)

Pacific White-sided Dolphin with reflection, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Pacific White-sided Dolphin with reflection
(July 4, 2015)

Large Mola Mola visiting boat, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Large Mola Mola visiting boat (July 4, 2015)

Sailing regatta, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Sailing regatta (July 3, 2015)

Humpback Whale tail by sailboat, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale tail by sailboat (July 3, 2015)

Dall's Porpoise, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Dall’s Porpoise (July 3, 2015)

All photos © 2015 Daniel Bianchetta

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