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MONTEREY BAY WHALE WATCH MARINE MAMMAL SIGHTINGS LIST DECEMBER 2015

MARINE MAMMAL SIGHTINGS IN THE MONTEREY BAY REGION

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

December 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)

12/31 p.m. 13 Gray Whales
300 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

12/31 a.m. 15 Gray Whales

12/30 1:30 p.m. 19 Gray Whales
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
10 Risso’s Dolphins

12/30 11:30 a.m. 13 Gray Whales
80 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

12/30 10 a.m. 20 Gray Whales
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

12/30 8 a.m. 11 Gray Whales
25 Risso’s Dolphins

12/29 1:30 p.m. 10 Gray Whales
1 Elephant Seal

12/29 11:30 a.m. 13 Gray Whales
1000 California Sea Lions
12 Southern Sea Otters

12/29 10 a.m. 10 Gray Whales
6-7 Killer Whales
1000 Short-beaked Common Dolphins

12/28 1:30 p.m. 5 Gray Whales
20 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
25 Pacific White-sided Dolphins

12/28 11:30 a.m. 4 Gray Whales
200 Risso’s Dolphins

12/28 10 a.m. 12 Gray Whales
2 Humpback Whales
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
200 Risso’s Dolphins

12/28 8 a.m. 22 Gray Whales
200 Risso’s Dolphins

12/27 1:30 p.m. 11 Gray Whales
1600 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
1 Pacific White-sided Dolphin
20 Risso’s Dolphins

12/27 11:30 a.m. 17 Gray Whales
2000 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
65 Risso’s Dolphins

12/27 10 a.m. 10 Gray Whales
1600 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
20 Risso’s Dolphins

12/27 8 a.m. 23 Gray Whales
1 Humpback Whale

12/26 p.m. 10 Gray Whales

12/26 a.m. 11 Gray Whales

12/21 a.m. 6 Gray Whales

12/20 p.m. 1 Gray Whale
7 Humpback Whales
850 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

12/20 a.m. 4 Gray Whales
4 Humpback Whales
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

12/19 a.m. 5 Gray Whales
2 Humpback Whales
50 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

12/18 p.m. 6 Gray Whales
3 Humpback Whales

12/18 a.m. 7 Gray Whales
2000 Common Dolphins
50 Risso’s Dolphins
2 Bottlenose Dolphins

12/17 p.m. 4 Gray Whales
1 Humpback Whale
1700 Common Dolphins

12/17 a.m. 7 Gray Whales
1 Fin Whale
50 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

12/16 p.m. 3 Gray Whales
1 Humpback Whale
50 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
30 Risso’s Dolphins

12/16 a.m. 3 Gray Whales
4 Humpback Whales

12/15 a.m. 5 Gray Whales
1 Humpback Whale
1 Risso’s Dolphin

12/12 all day 1 Gray Whale
2 Humpback Whales
60 Offshore type Killer Whales
1 Transient type Killer Whale (Lonesome George)
2000 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

12/11 p.m. 2 Gray Whales
10 Harbor Porpoise

12/11 a.m. 1 Gray Whale
25 Killer Whales
1500 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

12/9 a.m. 8 Humpback Whales
2 Gray Whales
1 Minke Whale
5 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
15 Risso’s Dolphins

12/8 p.m. 4 Humpback Whales (active juvenile)

12/8 a.m. 5 Humpback Whales
7-8 Killer Whales
1 Fin Whale
700 Short-beaked Common Dolphins
2 Bottlenose Dolphins

12/7 a.m. 14 Humpback Whales
4 Harbor Porpoise
1000 Sea Lions

12/6 p.m. 5 Humpback Whales
50 Risso’s Dolphins

12/6 a.m. 12 Humpback Whales
10 Killer Whales

12/5 p.m. 9 Humpback Whales
4 Killer Whales
800 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

12/5 a.m. 8 Humpback Whales
800 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

12/4 a.m. 5 Humpback Whales
1 Gray Whale
300 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
10 Risso’s Dolphins

12/1 a.m. 5 Humpback Whales
24 Killer Whales
Risso's Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso’s Dolphins (Dec. 27, 2015)Mother and calf Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Mother and calf Long-beaked Common Dolphins
(Dec. 27, 2015)

Gray Whale tail and Brandt's Cormorant, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Gray Whale tail and Brandt’s Cormorant
(Dec. 27, 2015)

Blackfin and Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blackfin and Long-beaked Common Dolphins
(Dec. 20, 2015)

Harbor Seal, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Harbor Seal (Dec. 19, 2015)

Red-breasted Mergansers, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Red-breasted Mergansers (Dec. 19, 2015)

Bottlenose Dolphin and Great Egret, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Bottlenose Dolphin and Great Egret (Dec. 18, 2015)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (Dec. 18, 2015)

Biggs (Transient) Killer Whale at sunset, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Biggs (Transient) Killer Whale at sunset
(Dec. 12, 2015)

Breaching Offshore Killer Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Offshore Killer Whale (Dec. 12, 2015)

Offshore Killer Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Offshore Killer Whales (Dec. 12, 2015)

Breaching Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Humpback Whale (Dec. 6, 2015)

Killer Whale at Sunset, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whale at Sunset (Dec. 5, 2015)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (Dec. 5, 2015)

All photos © 2015 Daniel Bianchetta

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