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MONTEREY BAY WHALE WATCH MARINE MAMMAL SIGHTINGS LIST AUGUST 2015

MARINE MAMMAL SIGHTINGS IN THE MONTEREY BAY REGION

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

August 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)

8/31 a.m. 32 Humpback Whales
1 Blue Whale
260 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
12 Risso’s Dolphins
2 Northern Fur Seals
8 Black-footed Albatross
1 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

8/30 p.m. 3 Humpback Whales (1 at the fuel dock)

8/30 a.m. 50 Humpback Whales
1 Blue Whale
400 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
40 Risso’s Dolphins
1 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

8/29 late p.m. 45 Humpback Whales (lunge feeding and breaching)
280 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/29 p.m. 25 Humpback Whales
350 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/29 a.m. 25 Humpback Whales
1 Killer Whale (Fat Fin)
250 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
1 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

8/28 late p.m. 25 Humpback Whales

8/28 p.m. 20 Humpback Whales
250 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/28 a.m. 35 Humpback Whales
4 Killer Whales
150 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/27 a.m. 27 Humpback Whales (lunge feeding)
500 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
500 Risso’s Dolphins

8/26 p.m. 25 Humpback Whales
400 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/26 a.m. 19 Humpback Whales
500 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
10 Risso’s Dolphins

8/25 p.m. 20 Humpback Whales

8/25 a.m. 32 Humpback Whales

8/24 p.m. 25 Humpback Whales
350 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
1 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

8/24 a.m. 60 Humpback Whales
1200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
3 Harbor Porpoise

8/23 late p.m. 40 Humpback Whales (breached 20+ times)

8/23 p.m. 40 Humpback Whales
4 Killer Whales (hunted & killed a harbor seal)
350 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/23 a.m. 18 Humpback Whales
2 Blue Whales
2 Fin Whales
400 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
60 Risso’s Dolphins
6 Dall’s Porpoise

8/22 late p.m. 28 Humpback Whales
80 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/22 p.m. 40 Humpback Whales
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/22 a.m. 24 Humpback Whales
2 Blue Whales
400 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
120 Risso’s Dolphins
4 Harbor Porpoise
5 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

8/21 late p.m. 35 Humpback Whales
250 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/21 p.m. 40 Humpback Whales
1500 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
20 Harbor Porpoise
15 Dall’s Porpoise

8/21 a.m. 50 Humpback Whales
800 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
300 Risso’s Dolphins
100 Harbor Porpoise
1 Large Shark (possibly a white shark)

8/20 late p.m. 40 Humpback Whales (lunge feeding)
100 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
5 Harbor Porpoise

8/20 p.m. 11 Humpback Whales
2 Blue Whales
100 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/20 a.m. 17 Humpback Whales
2 Blue Whales
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/19 late p.m. 12 Humpback Whales
2 Blue Whales
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
20 Risso’s Dolphins

8/19 p.m. 8 Humpback Whales
5 Blue Whales
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
1 Steller Sea Lion

8/19 a.m. 32 Humpback Whales
4 Blue Whales
1100 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
6 Harbor Porpoise
4 Northern Fur Seals

8/18 late p.m. 37 Humpback Whales (lunge feeding)
300 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/18 p.m. 4 Humpback Whales
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
3 Dall’s Porpoise

8/18 a.m. 13 Humpback Whales
75 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
100 Risso’s Dolphins
5 Dall’s Porpoise

8/17 late p.m. 15 Humpback Whales
1 Minke Whale
50 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
1 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

8/17 p.m. 25 Humpback Whales
250 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/17 a.m. 27 Humpback Whales
1 Minke Whale
300 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
1 Elephant Seal

8/16 late p.m. 14 Humpback Whales
180 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/16 p.m. 20 Humpback Whales
120 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/16 a.m. 20 Humpback Whales
300 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
1 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

8/15 a.m. 21 Humpback Whales
180 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
1 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

8/14 a.m. 40 Humpback Whales
100 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/13 p.m. 9 Humpback Whales
4 Blue Whales

8/13 a.m. 16 Humpback Whales
3 Blue Whales
425 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
12 Risso’s Dolphins

8/12 late p.m. 10 Humpback Whales
300 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/12 p.m. 15 Humpback Whales
500 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
40 Risso’s Dolphins

8/12 a.m. 32 Humpback Whales
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/11 late p.m. 10 Humpback Whales (breaching calf)
50 Risso’s Dolphins

8/11 p.m. 12 Humpback Whales
500 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/11 a.m. 30 Humpback Whales
5 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/10 late p.m. 3 Humpback Whales
15 Risso’s Dolphins
1 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

8/10 p.m. 12 Humpback Whales
1 Blue Whale
30 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/10 a.m. 16 Humpback Whales
80 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
180 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
1 Dall’s Porpoise

8/9 p.m. 16 Humpback Whales
Lots of Anchovy at surface

8/9 a.m. 24 Humpback Whales (breaching & lunge feeding)
350 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/8 late p.m. 14 Humpback Whales with a mother-calf
pair breaching over 40 times

8/8 p.m. 17 Humpback Whales
1 Minke Whale
1 Harbor Porpoise

8/8 a.m. 18 Humpback Whales
50 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
15 Risso’s Dolphins
2 Steller Sea Lions
1 Fur Seal

8/7 late p.m. 20 Humpback Whales
300,000+ Shearwaters

8/7 p.m. 20 Humpback Whales

8/7 a.m. 17 Humpback Whales
10 Risso’s Dolphins
3 Dall’s Porpoise

8/6 p.m. 20 Humpback Whales

8/6 a.m. 20 Humpback Whales
150 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
3 Dall’s Porpoise
1 “Mackerel” Shark (unidentifiable, 8-9 feet)
2 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

8/5 p.m. 5 Humpback Whales
300 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/5 a.m. 12 Humpback Whales
1 Minke Whale
575 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
35-40 Risso’s Dolphins
10 Dall’s Porpoise
1 Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

8/4 late p.m. 12 Humpback Whales
12 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
350 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
35 Risso’s Dolphins

8/4 p.m. 22 Humpback Whales
1 Fin Whale
300 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
40 Risso’s Dolphins

8/4 a.m. 35 Humpback Whales
600 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
15 Risso’s Dolphins
12 Dall’s Porpoise

8/3 late p.m. 22 Humpback Whales
30 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
60 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
85 Risso’s Dolphins
2 Bottlenose Dolphins
15 Dall’s Porpoise

8/3 p.m. 26 Humpback Whales
15 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
2000 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/3 a.m. 22 Humpback Whales
20 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
480 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
30 Risso’s Dolphins

8/2 late p.m. 12 Humpback Whales
450 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
80 Risso’s Dolphins

8/2 p.m. 11 Humpback Whales
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/2 a.m. 15 Humpback Whales
120 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
Long-beaked Common Dolphins
40 Risso’s Dolphins
5 Dall’s Porpoise

8/1 late p.m. 10 Humpback Whales
280 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

8/1 p.m. 12 Humpback Whales
300 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
15 Risso’s Dolphins
2 Elephant Seals

8/1 a.m. 14 Humpback Whales
250 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
80 Risso’s Dolphins
6 Dall’s Porpoise
Humpback Whales lunge feeding, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whales lunge feeding (Aug. 29, 2015)Black Oystercatcher, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Black Oystercatcher (Aug. 28, 2015)

Spy-hopping Killer Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Spy-hopping Killer Whale (Aug. 23, 2015)

Blue Whale tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale tail (Aug. 23, 2015)

Breaching Risso's Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Risso’s Dolphin (Aug. 23, 2015)

Blue Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale (Aug. 22, 2015)

Long-beaked Common Dolphin and Elegant Tern, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphin and Elegant Tern
(Aug. 21, 2015)

Harbor Porpoise, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Harbor Porpoise (Aug. 21, 2015)

Humpback Whale and Long-beaked Common Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale and Long-beaked
Common Dolphin (Aug. 21, 2015)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (Aug. 16, 2015)

Humpback Whale Tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale Tail (Aug. 15, 2015)

Breaching Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Humpback Whale (Aug. 15, 2015)

Southern Sea Otter and California Sea Lion, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otter and California Sea Lion
(Aug. 15, 2015)

Blue Whale tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale tail (Aug. 10, 2015)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (Aug. 10, 2015)

Humpback Whale lunge feeding, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Anchovies (Aug. 9, 2015)

Humpback Whale lunge feeding, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale lunge feeding (Note baleen)
(Aug. 9, 2015)

Northern Fulmar, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Northern Fulmar (Aug. 9, 2015)

Breaching mother and calf Humpback Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching mother and calf Humpback Whales
(Aug. 8, 2015)

Humpback Whale tail and setting sun, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale tail and setting sun
(Aug. 7, 2015)

Humpback Whales lunge-feeding close to shore, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Three Humpback Whales by the Lighthouse
(Aug. 7, 2015)

Schooling Anchovies, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Schooling Anchovies (Aug. 7, 2015)

Southern Sea Otter, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otter (Aug. 7, 2015)

Risso's Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso’s Dolphins (Aug. 3, 2015)

Egg Yolk Jelly, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Egg Yolk Jelly (Aug. 3, 2015)

Humpback Whale tail at sunset, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale tail at sunset (Aug. 2, 2015)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins by Pt. Sur Clipper, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins by Pt. Sur Clipper
(Aug. 2, 2015)

Elegant Tern eating an Anchovy, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Elegant Tern eating an Anchovy (Aug. 2, 2015)

Humpback Whales lunge-feeding close to shore, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whales lunge-feeding close to shore
(Aug. 1, 2015)

Black-footed Albatross, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Black-footed Albatross (Aug. 1, 2015)

All photos © 2015 Daniel Bianchetta

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