Monterey Bay Whale Watch Marine Mammal Sightings List November 2016

Monterey Bay Whale Watch
List of Marine Mammal Sightings
in the Monterey Bay Region
November 1-30, 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)

11/30 9 a.m.	6	Humpback Whales
	850	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	80	Risso's Dolphins

11/29 9 a.m.	14	Humpback Whales
		Large feeding groups of Sea Lions

11/26 9 a.m.	7	Humpback Whales

11/26 8 a.m.	6	Humpback Whales
	2000	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	1	Elephant Seal

11/25 2 p.m.	10	Humpback Whales
	500	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/25 12:30 p.m.	12	Humpback Whales
	300	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/25 9 a.m.	13	Humpback Whales
	20	Risso's Dolphins

11/25 8 a.m.	18	Humpback Whales

11/23 2 p.m.	13	Humpback Whales

11/23 12:30 p.m.	12	Humpback Whales (breaching)
	1000	Phalaropes

11/23 9 a.m.	7	Humpback Whales
	700	Pacific White-sided Dolphins

11/22 2 p.m.	4	Humpback Whales
	4	Fin Whales
	400	Pacific White-sided Dolphins

11/22 12:30 p.m.	2	Humpback Whales
	2	Fin Whales
	1000	Pacific White-sided Dolphins

11/22 9 a.m.	2	Humpback Whales
	2	Blue Whales
	1	Gray Whale
	650	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	100	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/22 8 a.m.	4	Humpback Whales
	2	Blue Whales
	1	Gray Whale

11/21 2 p.m.	8	Humpback Whales
	40	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	20	Risso's Dolphins
	6	Northern Right Whale Dolphins
	1	Bottlenose Dolphin

11/21 12:30 p.m.	4	Humpback Whales
	2	Fin Whales
	50	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	50	Risso's Dolphins

11/21 9 a.m.	5	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale
	2	Fin Whales
	10	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	8	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	20	Risso's Dolphins
	4	Northern Right Whale Dolphins

11/21 8 a.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	3	Harbor Porpoise

11/20 2 p.m.	5	Humpback Whales (breaching and pectoral flipper slapping)
	450	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/20 9 a.m.	8	Humpback Whales
	500	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/19 9 a.m.	8	Humpback Whales
	250	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	70	Risso's Dolphins

11/18 2 p.m.	13	Humpback Whales
	300	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	1	Leach's storm petrel

11/18 9 a.m.	13	Humpback Whales

11/17 9 a.m.	6	Humpback Whales
	7	Bottlenose Dolphins
	3	Harbor Porpoise

11/15 9 a.m.	10	Humpback Whales
	600	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/14 2 p.m.	5	Humpback Whales
	raft of	Sea Otters and Sea Lions

11/14 9 a.m.	5	Humpback Whales
	675	Sea Lions

11/13 2 p.m.	2	Humpback Whales (thick fog)

11/13 12:30 p.m.	1	Humpback Whale (thick fog)

11/13 9 a.m.	4	Humpback Whales
	350	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	3	Bottlenose Dolphins

11/13 8 a.m.	7	Humpback Whales
	700	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/12 2 p.m.	6	Humpback Whales

11/12 12:30 p.m.	7	Humpback Whales
	50	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/12 9 a.m.	8	Humpback Whales
	500	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	5	Harbor Porpoise

11/12 8 a.m.	9	Humpback Whales
	500	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	2	Harbor Porpoise

11/11 ACS	11	Humpback Whales
Fundraiser	1	Killer Whale
	300	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	250	Risso's Dolphins

11/10 2 p.m.	2	Humpback Whales
	10-12	Killer Whales
	500-600	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/10 9 a.m.	20	Humpback Whales
	500-600	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/9 2 p.m.	6	Humpback Whales
	10	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/9 9 a.m.	12	Humpback Whales
	1	Killer Whale
	1	Harbor Porpoise

11/8 9 a.m.	12	Humpback Whales
	200	Risso's Dolphins

11/7 2 p.m.	5	Humpback Whales
	8	Risso's Dolphins
	3	Bottlenose Dolphins

11/7 9 a.m.	8	Humpback Whales
	5	Bottlenose Dolphins

11/6 2 p.m.	1	Humpback Whale
	3	Bottlenose Dolphins

11/6 9 a.m.	10	Humpback Whales

11/6 8 a.m.	5	Humpback Whales
	20	Risso's Dolphins

11/5 2 p.m.	3	Humpback Whales ( 2 breaching, lobtailing & flipper slapping for 25 minutes)
	800	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/5 9 a.m.	8	Humpback Whales
	800	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	20	Risso's Dolphins
	10	Bottlenose Dolphins

11/4 2 p.m.	6	Humpback Whales (including Friendly Fran and one other curious whale for over an hour)

11/4 9 a.m.	3	Humpback Whales (1 lunge-feeding on anchovies right outside our harbor)
	100	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	4	Bottlenose Dolphins

11/2 2 p.m.	9	Humpback Whales
	350	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	20	Risso's Dolphins
	4	Harbor Porpoise

11/2 9 a.m.	21	Humpback Whales
	350	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	30	Pacific White-sided Dolphins

11/1 2 p.m.	21	Humpback Whales
	350	Long-beaked Common Dolphins
	3	Harbor Porpoise

11/1 9 a.m.	14	Humpback Whales
	350	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

Humpback Whale close-up, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale close-up (Nov. 20, 2016)

Risso's Dolphin close to harbor, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso's Dolphin close to the harbor (Nov. 19, 2016)

Risso's Dolphins close to harbor, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso's Dolphins close to the harbor (Nov. 19, 2016)

Humpback Whale tails, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale tails (Nov. 18, 2016)

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

California Brown Pelican plunge-diving
(Nov. 17, 2016)

Mother and calf Long-beaked Common Dolphins
(Nov. 12, 2016)

Breaching Pacific White-sided Dolphin
(Nov. 11, 2016)

Lunge-feeding Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Lunge-feeding Humpback Whale
(Note anchovies - Nov. 11, 2016)

Killer Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whale (Nov. 10, 2016)

Brown Pelicans, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Brown Pelicans, (Nov. 10, 2016)

Breaching Humpback Whale and Long-beaked Common Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Humpback Whale (Nov. 5, 2016)

Sea Otter breaking clam on rock, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Sea Otter breaking a clam with the rock
on her belly (Nov. 5, 2016)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (Nov. 5, 2016)

Bottlenose Dolphins close to shore (Nov. 4, 2016)

Lunge-feeding Humpback Whale and Long-beaked Common Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Lunge-feeding Humpback Whale (Nov. 4, 2016)

Bluefin Tuna feeding on Anchovies (Nov. 4, 2016)

All photos © 2016 Daniel Bianchetta

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