Monterey Bay Whale Watch
List of Marine Mammal Sightings
in the Monterey Bay Region
October 1-31, 2018

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) 10/31 2 p.m. 5 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding) 10/31 9 a.m. 16 Humpback Whales (breaching) 10/30 9 a.m. 4 Humpback Whales   8 Harbor Porpoise 10/29 2 p.m. 3 Humpback Whales (breaching)   1 Harbor Porpoise 10/29 9 a.m. 8 Humpback Whales (breaching and lunge-feeding)   30 Harbor Porpoise 10/28 2 p.m. 9 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, breaching, tail throws and pec slaps) 10/28 9 a.m. 12 Humpback Whales (spy hopping and lunge-feeding)   300 Risso's Dolphins   50 Harbor Porpoise 10/28 8 a.m. 12 Humpback Whales   200 Risso's Dolphins   15 Harbor Porpoise 10/27 2 p.m. 11 Humpback Whales (breaching)   20 Risso's Dolphins   6 Harbor Porpoise 10/27 1 p.m. 9 Humpback Whales (breaching and tail throws)   3 Harbor Porpoise 10/27 9 a.m. 9 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)   40 Risso's Dolphins   10 Harbor Porpoise 10/27 8 a.m. 12 Humpback Whales (breaching and tail throws)   200 Risso's Dolphins   5 Harbor Porpoise 10/27 8 a.m. 38 Humpback Whales (dolphin and sea lion snout-riding on whale) 8-hr All Day 100 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   800 Risso's Dolphins 10/26 2 p.m. 11 Humpback Whales (breaching, tail throws)   60 Risso's Dolphins   6 Harbor Porpoise 10/26 9 a.m. 8 Humpback Whales (breaching)   30 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   240 Risso's Dolphins   8 Harbor Porpoise 10/26 8 a.m. 9 Humpback Whales (breaching)   50 Harbor Porpoise 10/26 8 a.m. 25 Humpback Whales (lunging, breaching, tail slaps) 8-hr All Day 2 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   50 Risso's Dolphins   2 Harbor Porpoise 10/25 2 p.m. 7 Humpback Whales (breaching and pec slapping)   5 Harbor Porpoise 10/25 9 a.m. 11 Humpback Whales (breaching and tail lobbing)   20 Risso's Dolphins 10/24 2 p.m. 8 Humpback Whales   5 Harbor Porpoise 10/24 9 a.m. 5 Humpback Whales   30 Risso's Dolphins 10/23 2 p.m. 12 Humpback Whales (feeding with California Sea Lions) 10/23 9 a.m. 16 Humpback Whales (lunging, breaching, feeding with California Sea Lions) 10/22 2 p.m. 3 Humpback Whales (lunging, breaching, pec slaps and tail slaps) 10/22 9 a.m. 11 Humpback Whales (lunge feeding) 10/21 2 p.m. 2 Humpback Whales (fluking, tail throws) 10/21 1 p.m. 4 Humpback Whales (fluking, feeding, tail throws) 10/21 9 a.m. 10 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)   750 Risso's Dolphins   50 Northern Right Whale Dolphins 10/21 8 a.m. 12 Humpback Whales   500 Risso's Dolphins & Northern Right Whale Dolphins 10/20 2 p.m. 7 Humpback Whales   2 Bottlenose Dolphins   2 Harbor Porpoise 10/20 1 p.m. 11 Humpback Whales 10/20 9 a.m. 11 Humpback Whales (lob-tailing, spy-hopping, lunge-feeding)   160 Risso's Dolphins   20 Northern Right Whale Dolphins 10/20 8 a.m. 18 Humpback Whales   100 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   1200 Risso's Dolphins   100 Northern Right Whale Dolphins 10/19 2 p.m. 5 Humpback Whales (mother and calf, breaching) 10/19 7:30 a.m. 25 Humpback Whales (lunging, breaching) 12-hr Full Day 30 Risso's Dolphins 10/18 2 p.m. 7 Humpback Whales (cow and calf breaching) 10/18 9 a.m. 7 Humpback Whales (spouting and fluking)   1 Fin Whale 10/17 2 p.m. 8 Humpback Whales (breaching) 10/17 9 a.m. 3 Humpback Whales   2 Blue Whales   5 Harbor Porpoise 10/16 2 p.m. 12 Humpback Whales   3 Blue Whales 10/16 9 a.m. 15 Humpback Whales (kelping and tail throws)   5 Harbor Porpoise 10/15 2 p.m. 20 Humpback Whales (1 friendly calf, for over an hour breaching and tail throws ) 10/15 9 a.m. 21 Humpback Whales (breaching, tail throws and lunging)   100 Risso's Dolphins 10/15 8 a.m. 21 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, breaching and tail throws)   75 Risso's Dolphins 10/14 2 p.m. 14 Humpback Whales (kelping and tail throws) 10/14 1 p.m. 17 Humpback Whales (breaching) 10/14 9 a.m. 23 Humpback Whales (breaching, head slaps, tail throws and lunge-feeding)   5 Harbor Porpoise 10/14 8 a.m. 17 Humpback Whales (breaching) 10/13 2 p.m. 13 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding) 10/13 1 p.m. 18 Humpback Whales (breaching, pec slapping and tail throws) 10/13 9 a.m. 19 Humpback Whales   20 Risso's Dolphins   1 Harbor Porpoise 10/13 8 a.m. 22 Humpback Whales   1 Fin Whale   20 Risso's Dolphins 10/13 7:30 a.m. 49 Humpback Whales 12-hr Full Day 1 Fin Whale   40 Risso's Dolphins 10/12 2 p.m. 15 Humpback Whales (breaching, pec slapping, tail throws, cow and calf pair) 10/12 1 p.m. 18 Humpback Whales (breaching, head slaps, tail throws) 10/12 9 a.m. 17 Humpback Whales (fluking, spouting, pec slapping) 10/12 8 a.m. 18 Humpback Whales (cow and calf pair breaching together, head slaps, tail throws) 10/12 8 a.m. 38 Humpback Whales (breaching, tail throws, feeding with Sea Lions) 8-hr All Day 1 Mola Mola 10/11 2 p.m. 20 Humpback Whales 10/11 9 a.m. 20 Humpback Whales (breaching, lunge-feeding)   10 Harbor Porpoise 10/10 2 p.m. 10 Humpback Whales   7 Bottlenose Dolphins   14 Harbor Porpoise 10/10 9 a.m. 14 Humpback Whales   10 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   12 Bottlenose Dolphins   220 Risso's Dolphins   40 Northern Right Whale Dolphins   30 Harbor Porpoise 10/9 2 p.m. 21 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, tail lobs, breaching) 10/9 9 a.m. 22 Humpback Whales (breaching, lunge-feeding)   30 Risso's Dolphins   3 Harbor Porpoise 10/9 8 a.m. 23 Humpback Whales (tail throws, lunge-feeding)   30 Risso's Dolphins   10 Harbor Porpoise 10/8 2 p.m. 22 Humpback Whales (breaching, tail throws, pec slaps) 10/8 9 a.m. 28 Humpback Whales (breaching, lunging, tail throws) 10/8 8 a.m. 16 Humpback Whales (breaching, pec slapping, tail throws)   20 Harbor Porpoise 10/7 9 a.m. 36 Humpback Whales (lunge feeding, breaching, pec slapping) 10/7 8 a.m. 30 Humpback Whales (lunge feeding, breaching, pec slapping) 10/6 9 a.m. 32 Humpback Whales (lunge feeding, breaching and tail throws)   2 Harbor Porpoise 10/6 8 a.m. 21 Humpback Whales (lunge feeding and breaching) 10/5 1 p.m. 17 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding) 10/5 10 a.m. 12 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding) 10/5 9 a.m. 18 Humpback Whales (breaching, lunging)   10 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   300 Risso's Dolphins   20 Northern Right Whale Dolphins 10/4 2 p.m. 25 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, pec-slapping) 10/4 9 a.m. 30 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, breaching)   1 Killer Whale   17 Risso's Dolphins 10/3 2 p.m. 30 Humpback Whales (100+ breaches, lunge-feeding, pec-slapping, tail throws) 10/3 1 p.m. 37 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, breaching)   8 Killer Whales   1 Minke Whale 10/3 9 a.m. 20 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, breaching)   8 Killer Whales (spy-hopping and predation) 10/3 8 a.m. 27 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, breaching, pec-slapping, kelping) 10/2 2 p.m. 24 Humpback Whales (breaching, tail throws, tail slaps, lunge-feeding)   30 Risso's Dolphins 10/2 9 a.m. 26 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)   30 Risso's Dolphins 10/1 2 p.m. 29 Humpback Whales (breaching, pec slapping and tail lob)   20 Risso's Dolphins 10/1 9 a.m. 37 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)   2 Minke Whales 10/1 8 a.m. 62 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding and breaching) 8-hr All Day 30 Risso's Dolphins

All photos © 2018 Daniel Bianchetta California Sea Lions (October 29, 2018) Humpback Whale with Rhinoceros Auklets (October 29, 2018) Humpback Whale tail (October 27, 2018) Purple-striped Jelly (Chrysaora colorata) (October 26, 2018) Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish) (October 25, 2018) Breaching Humpback Whale (October 25, 2018) Harbor Seal (October 22, 2018) Breaching Risso's Dolphin (October 20, 2018) Closeup of lunge-feeding Humpback Whales (October 19, 2018) Double-breasted Cormorant (October 18, 2018) Southern Sea Otter eating a crab (October 18, 2018) Breaching Humpback Whale in front of Blackfin (October 14, 2018) Fin Whale (October 13, 2018) Great Egret with fish (October 12, 2018) Humpback Whales (October 11, 2018) Elegant Tern with an anchovy (October 9, 2018) Tail throwing Humpback Whales (October 8, 2018) California Sea Lion (October 8, 2018) Kelping Humpback Whale (playing with kelp) (October 8, 2018) Mother and Pup Sea Otter (October 7, 2018) Breaching Risso's Dolphin (October 5, 2018) Pacific White-sided Dolphin and Risso's Dolphin (October 5, 2018) Humpback Whales and Brandt's Cormorants (October 4, 2018) Killer Whale 'Lonesome George' (October 4, 2018) Breaching Humpback Whale (October 1, 2018) Lunge-feeding Humpback Whales in front of Blackfin (October 1, 2018) All photos © 2018 Daniel Bianchetta

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