Monterey Bay Whale Watch Marine Mammal Sightings List May 2016

Monterey Bay Whale Watch
List of Marine Mammal Sightings
in the Monterey Bay Region
May 1-31, 2016

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)

5/31 2 p.m.	22	Humpback Whales
	40	Risso’s Dolphins
	1600	Northern Right Whale Dolphins & Pacific White-sided Dolphins (mixed mega-pod)

5/31 12:30 p.m.	15	Humpback Whales
	500	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	500	Northern Right Whale Dolphins

5/31 10 a.m.	35	Humpback Whales
	6	Killer Whales
	40	Pacific White-sided Dolphins

5/31 9 a.m.	19	Humpback Whales
	6	Killer Whales
	1	Fin Whale
	350	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	50	Northern Right Whale Dolphins

5/31 8 a.m.	12	Humpback Whales
	1	Minke Whale
	200	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	50	Risso’s Dolphins
	2	Harbor Porpoise
	7	Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

5/30 5:30 p.m.	24	Humpback Whales
	25	Blue Whales

5/30 2 p.m.	15	Humpback Whales
	30	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

5/30 12:30 p.m.	45	Humpback Whales (including surface feeding)

5/30 9 a.m.	16	Humpback Whales
	25	Blue Whales
	6	Harbor Porpoise
	4	Dall’s Porpoise

5/30 8 a.m.	25	Humpback Whales
	40	Blue Whales

5/29 5:30 p.m.	24	Humpback Whales
	25	Blue Whales

5/29 4:30 p.m.	20-25	Humpback Whales
	20-30	Blue Whales
	2	Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

5/29 2 p.m.	18	Humpback Whales
	25	Blue Whales
	1	Minke Whale
	1	Black-footed Albatross

5/29 12:30 p.m.	20	Humpback Whales

5/29 9 a.m.	16	Humpback Whales
	30	Blue Whales
	25	Risso’s Dolphins
	1	Elephant Seal
	1	Guadalupe Fur Seal

5/29 8 a.m.	12	Humpback Whales
	20-30	Blue Whales
	6	Killer Whales
	300	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

5/27 10 a.m.	4	Humpback Whales
	30-50	Blue Whales
	100-200	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

5/27 9 a.m.	6	Humpback Whales
	40+	Blue Whales
	150	Short-beaked Common Dolphins

5/26 2 p.m.	7	Humpback Whales
	3	Killer Whales
	1	Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

5/26 10 a.m.	1	Humpback Whale
	25-30	Blue Whales
	100	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	3	Harbor Porpoise

5/26 9 a.m.	8	Humpback Whales
	25-30	Blue Whales
	100	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	50	Risso’s Dolphins

5/25 2 p.m.	23	Humpback Whales
	80	Pacific White-sided Dolphins

5/25 10 a.m.	12	Humpback Whales
	24	Blue Whales
	30	Short-beaked Common Dolphins
	4	Harbor Porpoise

5/25 9 a.m.	20	Humpback Whales
	19	Blue Whales
	20	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

5/24 2 p.m.	6	Humpback Whales
	4	Killer Whales
	27	Blue Whales

5/24 10 a.m.	7	Humpback Whales
	26	Blue Whales
	12	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	3	Harbor Porpoise

5/24 9 a.m.	12	Humpback Whales
	37	Blue Whales
	1	Elephant Seal
	1	Black-footed Albatross

5/23 2 p.m.	6	Humpback Whales
	12-15	Blue Whales
	12	Risso’s Dolphins
	1	Black-footed Albatross

5/23 10 a.m.	10	Humpback Whales
	4	Killer Whales
	10	Blue Whales
	200	Pacific White-sided Dolphins

5/23 9 a.m.	14	Humpback Whales
	4	Killer Whales
	6	Blue Whales
	100	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	1	Northern Fur Seal

5/22 3 p.m.	10	Humpback Whales
	20+	Killer Whales
	75	Short-beaked Common Dolphins

5/22 2 p.m.	17	Killer Whales
	200	Short-beaked Common Dolphins

5/22 10 a.m.	8	Humpback Whales
	30+	Killer Whales

5/22 9 a.m.	14	Humpback Whales
	17	Killer Whales
	12	Blue Whales

5/21 3 p.m.	11	Humpback Whales
	5	Killer Whales
	50	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	3	Harbor Porpoise

5/21 2 p.m.	4	Humpback Whales
	5	Killer Whales

5/21 10 a.m.	16	Humpback Whales
	7	Fin Whales
	500	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	100	Risso’s Dolphins
	500	Northern Right Whale Dolphins

5/21 9 a.m.	12	Humpback Whales
	7	Fin Whales
	200	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	100	Risso’s Dolphins
	3	Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

5/18 3 p.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale
	1000	Pacific White-sided Dolphins

5/18 2 p.m.	16	Humpback Whales
	1000+	Pacific White-sided Dolphins

5/18 10 a.m.	4	Humpback Whales
	200	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	400	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	5	Northern Right Whale Dolphins
	1	Black-footed Albatross

5/18 9 a.m.	6	Humpback Whales
	200	Pacific White-sided Dolphins

5/17 10 a.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	700	Pacific White-sided Dolphins

5/17 9 a.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale
	250	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	8-10	Risso’s Dolphins
	1	Northern Fur Seal
	1	Black-footed Albatross

5/16 10 a.m.	15	Humpback Whales
	5	Killer Whales
	100	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

5/16 9 a.m.	8	Humpback Whales
	6	Killer Whales (eating sea lion)
	12	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	1	Harbor Porpoise
	1	Northern Fur Seal
	1	Black-footed Albatross

5/15 10 a.m.	2	Blue Whales
	5	Gray Whales
	500	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	100	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

5/15 9 a.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	2	Blue Whales
	300	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	10	Risso’s Dolphins
	1	Harbor Porpoise
	1	Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

5/14 3 p.m.	25	Humpback Whales
	200	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	200	Northern Right Whale Dolphins

5/14 2 p.m.	22	Humpback Whales
	700	Northern Right Whale Dolphins
	rafts of	Velella velella (by-the-wind sailors)

5/14 10 a.m.	45	Humpback Whales
	7	Killer Whales
	150	Pacific White-sided Dolphins

5/14 9 a.m.	40	Humpback Whales
	11	Killer Whales
	4	Fin Whales
	17	Harbor Porpoise
	1	Northern Fur Seal
	1	Blue Shark
	1	Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

5/13 2 p.m.	26	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale
	2	Gray Whales (cow & calf)
	1	Fin Whale
	2	Harbor Porpoise
	1	Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

5/13 9 a.m.	46	Humpback Whales (8 “friendlies”)
	1	Blue Whale
	5	Dall’s Porpoise
	1	Northern Fur Seal
	1	Blue Shark

5/12 3 p.m.	35	Humpback Whales (lots of breaching)

5/12 10 a.m.	30	Humpback Whales
	40	Killer Whales

5/12 9 a.m.	37	Humpback Whales
	40+	Killer Whales
	4	Gray Whales

5/11 2 p.m.	13	Humpback Whales
	15	Killer Whales
	1	Blue Whale
	1	Minke Whale
	4	Harbor Porpoise

5/11 10 a.m.	22	Humpback Whales
	4	Killer Whales
	1	Fin Whale
	1800	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	50	Northern Right Whale Dolphins

5/11 9 a.m.	18	Humpback Whales
	4	Killer Whales
	2	Gray Whales
	2	Fin Whales
	1000	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	75	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	30	Risso’s Dolphins
	10	Northern Right Whale Dolphins

5/10 2 p.m.	15	Humpback Whales (2 “friendlies”)
	1	Blue Whale
	2000	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	400	Northern Right Whale Dolphins

5/10 10 a.m.	15	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale
	1000	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	100	Risso’s Dolphins
	200	Northern Right Whale Dolphins

5/10 9 a.m.	55	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale
	200	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	2	Harbor Porpoise
	20	Black-footed Albatross
	2	Tufted puffins

5/9 2 p.m.	41	Humpback Whales
	8	Killer Whales
	1	Gray Whale
	1	Black-footed Albatross

5/9 10 a.m.	10	Humpback Whales
	15	Killer Whales
	4	Fin Whales
	1000	Pacific White-sided Dolphins

5/9 9 a.m.	30	Humpback Whales
	8-15	Killer Whales
	1	Fin Whale
	15	Risso’s Dolphins
	1000	Northern Right Whale Dolphins & Pacific White-sided Dolphins (mixed mega-pod)
	1	Elephant Seal

5/8 3 p.m.	17	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale
	5	Dall’s Porpoise

5/8 2 p.m.	21	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale

5/8 10 a.m.	18	Humpback Whales (1 entangled)
	1	Blue Whale
	2000	Northern Right Whale Dolphins & Pacific White-sided Dolphins (mixed mega-pod)

5/8 9 a.m.	41	Humpback Whales (including 3 “friendlies” under the boat)
	1	Blue Whale
	1400	Northern Right Whale Dolphins & Pacific White-sided Dolphins (mixed mega-pod)
	1	Elephant Seal
	1	Northern Fur Seal
	1	Black-footed Albatross
	1	Laysan Albatross

5/7 2 p.m.	41	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale
	20	Risso’s Dolphins

5/7 9 a.m.	82	Humpback Whales
	1750	Northern Right Whale Dolphins & Pacific White-sided Dolphins (mixed mega-pod)

5/6 2 p.m.	22	Humpback Whales
	25-30	Killer Whales

5/6 10 a.m.	25	Humpback Whales
	23	Killer Whales
	7	Harbor Porpoise
	1	Laysan Albatross

5/6 9 a.m.	40-50	Humpback Whales
	25	Killer Whales
	1	Laysan Albatross

5/5 2 p.m.	12	Humpback Whales (1 breached for 40+ minutes)
	2	Fin Whales
	30	Pacific White-sided Dolphins

5/5 10 a.m.	13	Humpback Whales
	20	Killer Whales
	2	Harbor Porpoise

5/5 9 a.m.	30+	Humpback Whales
	20-25	Killer Whales

5/4 2 p.m.	34	Humpback Whales
	30	Killer Whales
	2	Tufted Puffins
	1	Laysan Albatross

5/4 10 a.m.	15	Humpback Whales
	20	Killer Whales
	2	Gray Whales
	3	Harbor Porpoise

5/4 9 a.m.	22	Humpback Whales
	37+	Killer Whales
	2	Harbor Porpoise
	1	Laysan Albatross

5/3 2 p.m.	12	Humpback Whales
	100	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	2000	Northern Right Whale Dolphins & Pacific White-sided Dolphins mixed species

5/3 10 a.m.	12	Humpback Whales
	100	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	100	Northern Right Whale Dolphins

5/3 9 a.m.	70	Humpback Whales
	1	Fin Whale
	5	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	250	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

5/2 2 p.m.	8	Humpback Whales
	2	Fin Whales
	20	Risso’s Dolphins

5/2 9 a.m.	10	Humpback Whales
	3	Fin Whales
	50	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	30	Risso’s Dolphins
	40	Northern Right Whale Dolphins
	1	Elephant Seal
	1	Northern Fur Seal

5/1 2 p.m.	5	Humpback Whales

5/1 9 a.m.	6	Humpback Whales
	2000	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	1000	Northern Right Whale Dolphins

Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish), photo by Daniel Bianchetta

Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish) (May 30, 2016) Risso's Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta

Risso’s Dolphins (May 30, 2016)

Lunge-feeding Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Lunge-feeding Humpback Whale (May 30, 2016)

Killer Whale tail with Black-footed Albatross
(May 29, 2016)

Humpback Whale breaching, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale breaching (May 29, 2016)

Blue Whale tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale tail (May 29, 2016)

Mother and calf Long-beaked Common Dolphins
(May 28, 2016)

Black-crowned Night Heron, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Black-crowned Night Heron (May 27, 2016)

Pelagic Red Crab, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Pelagic Red Crab (May 27, 2016)

Blow holes of a Blue Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blow holes of a Blue Whale (May 27, 2016)

Raft of Sea Otters in kelp, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Raft of Sea Otters in kelp (May 27, 2016)

Male Killer Whale spyhopping, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Male Killer Whale spyhopping (May 23, 2016)

Blue Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale (May 23, 2016)

Killer Whale upside down, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whale upside down (May 22, 2016)

Killer Whales with Sea Wolf II (May 21, 2016)

Southern Sea Otters, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otters (May 21, 2016)

Pigeon Guillemots, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Pigeon Guillemots (May 21, 2016)

Female Killer Whale with calf, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Female Killer Whale with calf (May 21, 2016)

Mother and calf Northern Right Whale Dolphins
(note fetal folds still on calf – May 21, 2016)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (May 15, 2016)

Killer Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whales (May 14, 2016)

Breaching Risso's Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Risso’s Dolphin (May 14, 2016)

Blue Whale lunge feeding, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale lunge feeding (May 13, 2016)

Northern Fur Seal, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Northern Fur Seal (May 13, 2016)

Spy-hopping Killer Whale by Sea Wolf II
(May 9, 2016)

Humpback Whale breaching, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale breaching (May 8, 2016)

Fin Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Fin Whale (May 8, 2016)

Killer Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whales (May 7, 2016)

Laysan Albatross and Black-footed Albatross
(May 7, 2016)

Killer Whale and Black-footed Albatross
by the Blackfin (May 6, 2016)

Humpback Whale lunge-feeding, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale lunge-feeding (May 6, 2016)

Young Fin Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Young Fin Whale (May 2, 2016)

Pacific White-sided Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Pacific White-sided Dolphin (May 1, 2016)

Pigeon Guillemot eating a Pelagic Red Crab
(May 1, 2016)

Humpback Whale tail throwing, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale tail throwing (May 1, 2016)

Mother and pup Southern Sea Otter (May 1, 2016)

Breaching Northern Right Whale Dolphin
(May 1, 2016)

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