Monterey Bay Whale Watch Marine Mammal Sightings List August 2015

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

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
(Aug. 21, 2015)

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

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
(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
(Aug. 8, 2015)

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
(Aug. 2, 2015)

Elegant Tern eating an Anchovy (Aug. 2, 2015)

Humpback Whales lunge-feeding close to shore
(Aug. 1, 2015)

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

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