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MONTEREY BAY WHALE WATCH MARINE MAMMAL SIGHTINGS LIST MARCH 2016

MARINE MAMMAL SIGHTINGS IN THE MONTEREY BAY REGION

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

March 1-31, 2016
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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)

3/31 3 p.m. 3 Humpback Whales

3/31 1:30 p.m. 4 Gray Whales
5 Humpback Whales
1 Fin Whale
4 Gray Whales

3/31 noon 4 Humpback Whales
1 Fin Whale
50 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/31 10 a.m. 4 Gray Whales
12 Humpback Whales
1 Fin Whale
100 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/31 8:30 a.m. 3 Gray Whales (1 cow/calf pair)
1 Humpback Whale
300 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/30 1:30 p.m. 6 Humpback Whales
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
50 Harbor Porpoise

3/30 noon 2 Humpback Whales
5 Killer Whales
30 Pacific White-sided Dolphins

3/30 10 a.m. 8 Humpback Whales
5 Killer Whales
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/30 8:30 a.m. 1 Gray Whale
4 Humpback Whales
5 Killer Whales
1 Fin Whale
30 Albatross

3/29 10 a.m. 2 Gray Whales
3 Humpback Whales
6 Killer Whales
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/29 8:30 a.m. 4 Gray Whales
6 Killer Whales
250 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
1 Black-footed Albatross

3/26 10 a.m. 1 Gray Whale
2 Humpback Whales
600 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
1 Harbor Porpoise

3/26 8:30 a.m. 2 Gray Whales
2 Humpback Whales

3/25 10 a.m. 3 Gray Whales
750 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/25 9 a.m. 2 Humpback Whales
(6-hr trip) 6 Killer Whales
500 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/25 8:30 a.m. 2 Humpback Whales
4 Killer Whales
100 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/24 noon 1 Humpback Whale
5 Killer Whales
100 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/24 10 a.m. 5 Gray Whales
6 Killer Whales
1 Minke Whale
500 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
5 Harbor Porpoise

3/24 8:30 a.m. 2 Gray Whales
3 Humpback Whales
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/23 1:30 p.m. 5 Gray Whales
3 Humpback Whales
1000+ Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/23 10 a.m. 5 Gray Whales
3 Humpback Whales
7 Killer Whales
300 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/23 8:30 a.m. 3 Gray Whales
2 Humpback Whales
350 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/22 10 a.m. 3 Humpback Whales
150 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
1 Olive-Ridley Turtle

3/22 8:30 a.m. 3 Gray Whales
1 Humpback Whale

3/20 1:30 p.m. 4 Humpback Whales
50 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/20 noon 2 Gray Whales
5 Humpback Whales
1 Black-footed Albatross

3/20 10 a.m. 1 Gray Whale
6 Humpback Whales
80 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/20 8:30 a.m. 5 Gray Whales
1 Black-footed Albatross

3/19 1:30 p.m. 7 Gray Whales
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
85 Risso’s Dolphins

3/19 noon 3 Gray Whales
5 Humpback Whales
150 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
50 Risso’s Dolphins

3/19 10 a.m. 1 Gray Whale
14 Humpback Whales
80 Risso’s Dolphins

3/19 8:30 a.m. 2 Gray Whales
6 Humpback Whales
150 Risso’s Dolphins

3/18 1:30 p.m. 10 Gray Whales
1 Humpback Whale
1 Fin Whale
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/18 10 a.m. 14 Gray Whales
2 Humpback Whales
500 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
150 Risso’s Dolphins

3/18 8:30 a.m. 6 Gray Whales
3 Humpback Whales
75 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/16 1:30 p.m. 3 Gray Whales
10 Humpback Whales
300 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/16 10 a.m. 6 Gray Whales
8 Humpback Whales
75 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/16 8:30 a.m. 11 Gray Whales
1 Black-footed Albatross

3/15 1:30 p.m. 4 Gray Whales
3 Humpback Whales

3/15 10 a.m. 9 Gray Whales
2 Humpback Whales

3/15 8:30 a.m. 7 Gray Whales
5 Humpback Whales
600 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/14 10 a.m. 1 Gray Whale
6 Humpback Whales
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/14 8:30 a.m. 2 Humpback Whales
1 Blue Whale
100 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/12 10 a.m. 2 Gray Whales

3/12 9 a.m. 4 Gray Whales
(6-hr trip) 8 Humpback Whales
1 Fin Whale
100 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
2 Harbor Porpoise
1 Laysan Albatross

3/12 8:30 a.m. 5 Gray Whales (1 breaching)

3/10 p.m. 23 Gray Whales
1 Humpback Whale
1 Laysan Albatross
10 Black-footed Albatross

3/10 a.m. 4 Gray Whales
2 Humpback Whales
6 Killer Whales (Emma)
1 Laysan Albatross
20 Black-footed Albatross

3/9 p.m. 5 Humpback Whales
30 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/9 a.m. 8 Gray Whales
50 Risso’s Dolphins
8 Black-footed Albatross
1 Leach’s Storm Petrel

3/8 a.m. 3 Gray Whales
4 Harbor Porpoise
1 Laysan Albatross
1 Leach’s Storm Petrel

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

3/3 p.m. 3 Gray Whales
2 Humpback Whales
400 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/3 a.m. 5 Gray Whales
9 Humpback Whales
300 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
15 Risso’s Dolphins

3/2 a.m. 11 Gray Whales
2 Humpback Whales
600 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
80 Risso’s Dolphins

3/1 p.m. 9 Gray Whales
6 Humpback Whales
5 Killer Whales
1400+ Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/1 a.m. 7 Gray Whales
4 Humpback Whales
1200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
Kingfisher, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Kingfisher (March 26, 2016)Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (March 26, 2016)Sea Lion eating a Mola Mola with seagulls<br> waiting for scraps, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
California Sea Lion eating a fish (March 26, 2016)

Southern Sea Otter, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otter (March 20, 2016)

Pacific Loon in breeding plumage, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Pacific Loon in breeding plumage (March 20, 2016)

Southern Sea Otter with Crab, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
California Sea Lion eating a Mola Mola with
seagulls waiting for scraps (March 20, 2016)

Southern Sea Otter with Crab, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otter with Crab (March 19, 2016)

Risso's Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso’s Dolphins (March 19, 2016)

Breaching Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Humpback Whale (March 19, 2016)

Risso's Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso’s Dolphins (March 19, 2016)

Eight Black-footed Albatross, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Eight Black-footed Albatross (March 18, 2016)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (March 18, 2016)

Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale (March 14, 2016)

Baby Southern Sea Otter climbing on buoy, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Baby Southern Sea Otter climbing on buoy
(March 12, 2016)

Black-footed Albatross, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Black-footed Albatross (March 12, 2016)

Laysan Albatross, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Laysan Albatross (March 12, 2016)

All photos © 2016 Daniel Bianchetta

Copyright © 2016 Monterey Bay Whale Watch. No use of the sightings information is permitted without prior approval.

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