July 2019 Monterey Bay Whale Watch Marine Mammal Sightings List

Monterey Bay Whale Watch
List of Marine Mammal Sightings
in the Monterey Bay Region
July 1-31, 2019

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)
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7/31 5:30 p.m.	35	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding and tail throws)

7/31 2 p.m.	49	Humpback Whales (feeding)
	15	Risso’s Dolphins (nursery group)

7/31 1 p.m.	30	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)

7/31 10 a.m.	37	Humpback Whales (feeding)

7/31 9 a.m.	47	Humpback Whales (feeding with sea lions, tail throws, tail slapping)

7/31 8 a.m.	31	Humpback Whales (breaching, lunge-feeding, and tail-slapping)

7/30 1 p.m.	30	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)

7/30 10 a.m.	27	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)
	50	Pacific White-sided Dolphins (small calf)
	15	Northern Right-whale Dolphins

7/30 9 a.m.	20	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, tail throw, tail slap, breach!)

7/30 8 a.m.	32	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)
	12	Harbor Porpoise

7/29 2 p.m.	27	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, breaching, tail throws)
	200+	Sea Lions feeding with the whales

7/29 1 p.m.	28	Humpback Whales (group of 20 lunge-feeding together)

7/29 9 a.m.	23	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, breaching, tail throws)
	1	Minke Whale (RARE!!)

7/29 8 a.m.	15	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, breaching, pectoral fin slap)
	tons	Sea Lions
	tons	Sea Birds

7/29 8 a.m.	26	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, breaching, tail lobbing)
All Day	800	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	50	Northern Right-whale Dolphins
	250	Risso’s Dolphins

7/28 2 p.m.	15	Humpback Whales {lunge-feeding, mom & calf)
	300+	Sea Lions (feeding with the whales)

7/28 1 p.m.	17	Humpback Whales (mom & calf, tail throws, lots of lunge-feeding)

7/28 10 a.m.	31	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, tail throws, breaching)
	20	Harbor Porpoise

7/28 9 a.m.	19	Humpback Whales (2 large feeding groups, lunge-feeding, breaching, tail throws)
	4	Harbor Porpoise
	250	Sea Lions

7/28 8 a.m.	18	Humpback Whales (breaching, pec-slaps, tail throws, mom & calf)
	10	Harbor Porpoise

7/27 5:30 p.m.	3	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding. close to boat while we were in neutral)

7/27 2 p.m.	26	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding with Sea Lions)

7/27 1 p.m.	26	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, tail throws)
	1	Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)

7/27 9 a.m.	16	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, tail throws, pec slaps)
	75	Risso’s Dolphins
	30	Harbor Porpoise

7/27 8 a.m.	20	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)
	60	Risso’s Dolphins
	25	Harbor Porpoise

7/27 8 a.m.	38	Humpback Whales
All Day	6	Dall’s Porpoise
	1	Mako Shark
	20	Albatross

7/26 2 p.m.	18	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale!!
	1	Brown Booby (type of marine bird)

7/26 10 a.m.	20	Humpback Whales (feeding with Sea Lions)

7/26 9 a.m.	29	Humpback Whales (breaching, lunge-feeding)

7/26 8 a.m.	26	Humpback Whales
	5	Risso’s Dolphins
	1	Blue Shark
	1	Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)

7/25 2 p.m.	8	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)
	4	Bottlenose Dolphins

7/25 1 p.m.	16	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)

7/25 10 a.m.	22	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)
	6	Dall’s Porpoise

7/25 9 a.m.	27	Humpback Whales
	15	Harbor Porpoise

7/25 8 a.m.	13	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)

7/24 2 p.m.	8	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)

7/24 1 p.m.	15	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)
	1	Harbor Porpoise

7/24 10 a.m.	12	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, breaching)
	12	Risso’s Dolphins

7/24 9 a.m.	20	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, tail throws)

7/24 8 a.m.	16	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)
	8	Harbor Porpoise

7/23 2 p.m.	6	Humpback Whales

7/23 1 p.m.	7	Humpback Whales (breaching, pec slaps)

7/23 9 a.m.	23	Humpback Whales (breaching, lunge-feeding, tail slaps, tail throws)

7/23 8 a.m.	22	Humpback Whales (breaching, lunge-feeding, tail slaps, tail throws, pec slaps)

7/22 2 p.m.	22	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, tail throws, tail slaps, breaching)

7/22 1 p.m.	17	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)
	2	Harbor Porpoise

7/22 9 a.m.	36	Humpback Whales (breaching, tail slapping, tail lobbing)
	2	Harbor Porpoise

7/22 8 a.m.	40	Humpback Whales (chin slaps, tail slaps, breaching, mom and calf pairs)
	3	Harbor Porpoise

7/22 8 a.m.	71	Humpback Whales
All Day	4	Blue Whales

7/21 2 p.m.	8	Humpback Whales (breaching, tail throwing)
	15	Harbor Porpoise

7/21 1 p.m.	10	Humpback Whales (tail throwing and lunge-feeding)
	1	Harbor Porpoise

7/21 10 a.m.	6	Humpback Whales (tail and pec slapping)
	1	Blue Whale !
	30	Risso’s Dolphins

7/21 9 a.m.	12	Humpback Whales (side lunges, double breach)
	100	Risso’s Dolphins

7/21 8 a.m.	14	Humpback Whales (mom and calf, breaching)
	1	Harbor Porpoise
	1	HUGE Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)

7/20 2 p.m.	5	Humpback Whales (cow/calf pair, lob-tail)

7/20 1 p.m.	12	Humpback Whales
	15	Harbor Porpoise

7/20 9 a.m.	11	Humpback Whales
	100	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	280	Risso’s Dolphins
	8	Harbor Porpoise

7/20 8 a.m.	17	Humpback Whales (breaching, lunge-feeding)
	200	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	500	Risso’s Dolphins
	5	Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)

7/20 8 a.m.	34	Humpback Whales (co’op feeding)
All Day	700	Pacific White-sided Dolphins (mating)
	700	Risso’s Dolphins

7/19 2 p.m.	2	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)
	50	Risso’s Dolphins

7/19 1 p.m.	5	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)
	200	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	40	Northern Right-whale Dolphins
	100	Risso’s Dolphins

7/19 10 a.m.	8	Humpback Whales
	1,000	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	500	Northern Right-whale Dolphins
	500	Risso’s Dolphins

7/19 9 a.m.	14	Humpback Whales
	1,200	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	150	Northern Right-whale Dolphins
	500	Risso’s Dolphins

7/19 8 a.m.	14	Humpback Whales
	1,000	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	500	Northern Right-whale Dolphins
	500	Risso’s Dolphins
	4	Harbor Porpoise
	2	Black-footed Albatross
	1	Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)

7/18 2 p.m.		Humpback Whales
	5	Harbor Porpoise

7/18 1 p.m.	11	Humpback Whales
	3	Harbor Porpoise

7/18 9 a.m.	27	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)
	30	Risso’s Dolphins
	12	Harbor Porpoise
	1	Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)

7/18 8 a.m.	30	Humpback Whales
	27	Harbor Porpoise

7/18 8 a.m.	16	Humpback Whales
All Day	8	Harbor Porpoise
	2	Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)

7/17 2 p.m.	16	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, tail throws, mom/calf pair)
	10	Harbor Porpoise

7/17 1 p.m.	15	Humpback Whales
	3	Harbor Porpoise

7/17 9 a.m.	18	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, breaching, pec slapping, mom/calf pair)
	12	Harbor Porpoise
	1	Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)

7/17 8 a.m.	18	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, mom/calf pair)
	10	Harbor Porpoise
	1	Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)

7/16 1 p.m.	23	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, breaching, tail throws, tail slaps)
	5	Harbor Porpoise
	1	Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)

7/16 10 a.m.	20	Humpback Whales
	10	Risso’s Dolphins
	2	Harbor Porpoise

7/16 9 a.m.	21	Humpback Whales (feeding, breaching)
	30	Risso’s Dolphins

7/16 8 a.m.	11	Humpback Whales (feeding, breaching)
	100+	Sea Lions

7/15 2 p.m.	12	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, breaching, tail thows)

7/15 1 p.m.	18	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, breaching, tail thows)

7/15 10 a.m.	15	Humpback Whales (tail throws, mom and calf)
	30	Risso’s Dolphins

7/15 9 a.m.	15	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, tail slapping)
	15	Risso’s Dolphins (breaching)
	2	Harbor Porpoise

7/15 8 a.m.	18	Humpback Whales (feeding + mom and calf)
	30	Risso’s Dolphins

7/14 2 p.m.	24	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, tail throws, breaching)

7/14 1 p.m.	16	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)

7/14 10 a.m.	15	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)
	5	Harbor Porpoise

7/14 9 a.m.	18	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, tail throws, breaching)

7/14 8 a.m.	14	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)
	4	Harbor Porpoise

7/13 2 p.m.	18	Humpback Whales
	5	Harbor Porpoise

7/13 1 p.m.	19	Humpback Whales

7/13 10 a.m.	25	Humpback Whales
	1	White Shark (predation on a sea lion in front of the boat, an amazingly rare sight)

7/13 9 a.m.	14	Humpback Whales

7/13 8 a.m.	10	Humpback Whales

7/12 1 p.m.	12	Humpback Whales
	8	Harbor Porpoise

7/12 9 a.m.	11	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)
	25	Risso’s Dolphins

7/12 8 a.m.	12	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)
	25	Risso’s Dolphins

7/11 1 p.m.	6	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)

7/11 9 a.m.	6	Humpback Whales
	25	Risso’s Dolphins

7/11 8 a.m.	7	Humpback Whales

7/10 2 p.m.	12	Humpback Whales (tail throws, feeding)

7/10 1 p.m.	11	Humpback Whales (breaching, tail slapping)

7/10 10 a.m.	12	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale
	2	Fin Whales (cow/calf pair)
	25	Risso’s Dolphins (nursery pod)

7/10 9 a.m.	12	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, tail throws)
	1	Blue Whale
	2	Fin Whales (cow/calf pair)
	25	Risso’s Dolphins (nursery pod)

7/10 8 a.m.	1	Blue Whale
	2	Fin Whales (cow/calf pair)
	30	Risso’s Dolphins

7/9 2 p.m.	17	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, tail throws)

7/9 1 p.m.	27	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, group of 11 mugged boat)
	10	Harbor Porpoise

7/9 10 a.m.	20	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, pec slapping)
	65	Risso’s Dolphins

7/9 9 a.m.	42	Humpback Whales (breaching, lunge-feeding, pec slapping, tail throws)
	50	Risso’s Dolphins
	15	Harbor Porpoise

7/9 8 a.m.	28	Humpback Whales (breaching, lunge-feeding tail/pec slapping)
	10	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	350	Risso’s Dolphins
	20	Harbor Porpoise

7/8 2 p.m.	11	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, breaching)

7/8 1 p.m.	7	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)

7/8 9 a.m.	15	Humpback Whales (breaching, lunge-feeding, tail lobbing/slapping, feeding frenzy)

7/8 8 a.m.	11	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, pec/tail slaps, breaching, mugged by cow/calf pair)

7/8 8 a.m.	31	Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, breaching, tail throws)
All Day	50	Risso’s Dolphins

7/7 5:30 p.m.	5	Humpback Whales
nbsp;	80	Risso’s Dolphins

7/7 2 p.m.	2	Humpback Whales

7/7 1 p.m.	8	Humpback Whales (lateral and vertical lunge-feeding)

7/7 10 a.m.	15	Humpback Whales (feeding, breaching)
	15	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	150	Risso’s Dolphins

7/7 9 a.m.	15	Humpback Whales (feeding, breaching)
	30	Risso’s Dolphins

7/7 8 a.m.	9	Humpback Whales
	60	Risso’s Dolphins

7/6 5:30 p.m.	2	Humpback Whales (tail throws, pec slaps)

7/6 2 p.m.	2	Humpback Whales (“friendly” behavior – spouting in our faces)

7/6 1 p.m.	2	Humpback Whales (logging/resting)
	100	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	50	Northern Right-whale Dolphins

7/6 9 a.m.	2	Humpback Whales (logging/resting)
	150	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	1	Elephant Seal
	4	Harbor Porpoise
	1	Black-footed Albatross

7/6 8 a.m.	2	Humpback Whales (logging/resting)
	50	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	50	Northern Right-whale Dolphins
	1	Harbor Porpoise

7/6 8 a.m.	2	Humpback Whales
All Day	100	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	1	Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)
	3	Black-footed Albatross

7/5 5:30 p.m.	5	Humpback Whales (2 lunge-feeding)

7/5 2 p.m.	9	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale
	25	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	100	Risso’s Dolphins

7/5 1 p.m.	8	Humpback Whales
	1	Blue Whale!
	10	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	100	Northern Right-whale Dolphins
	300	Risso’s Dolphins
	4	Bottlenose Dolphins

7/5 10 a.m.	4	Humpback Whales
	50	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	100	Risso’s Dolphins

7/5 9 a.m.	4	Humpback Whales
	300	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	200	Northern Right-whale Dolphins
	400	Risso’s Dolphins

7/5 8 a.m.	6	Humpback Whales (keeping, pec-slapping)
	300	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	200	Northern Right-whale Dolphins
	400	Risso’s Dolphins
	2	Black-footed Albatross

7/4 5:30 p.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	30	Risso’s Dolphins
	1	Blue Shark
	1	Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)

7/4 2 p.m.	2	Humpback Whales (close to the boat while boat was stopped)
	10	Northern Right-whale Dolphins
	100	Risso’s Dolphins

7/4 1 p.m.	2	Humpback Whales
	30	Risso’s Dolphins

7/4 10 a.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	20	Northern Right-whale Dolphins
	200	Risso’s Dolphins
	10	Harbor Porpoise

7/4 9 a.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	5	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	5	Bottlenose Dolphins
	150	Risso’s Dolphins
	10	Harbor Porpoise

7/4 8 a.m.	5	Humpback Whales (1 friendly, breaching)
	150	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	400	Northern Right-whale Dolphins
	1	Elephant Seal

7/3 1 p.m.	3	Humpback Whales (2 logging/resting)

7/3 9 a.m.	5	Humpback Whales
	2	Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)

7/3 8 a.m.	8	Humpback Whales (2 breaches)
	50	Pacific White-sided Dolphins

7/2 9 a.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	2	Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)

7/2 8 a.m.	15	Humpback Whales (breaching, cow/calf pair)
	50	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	600	Northern Right-whale Dolphins

7/1 9 a.m.	8	Humpback Whales
	500	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	1,000	Northern Right-whale Dolphins

7/1 8 a.m.	15	Humpback Whales (tail throws, breaching)
	1,000	Pacific White-sided Dolphins (back flips!)
	3,000	Northern Right-whale Dolphins

Lunge feeding Humpback Whales
with the Sea Wolf II in the background
(July 30, 2019)

Risso's Dolphin, mom and calf, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso’s Dolphin, mom & calf (note fetal folds)
(July 29, 2019)

Risso's Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso’s Dolphin (July 29, 2019)

Breaching Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Humpback Whale (July 28, 2019)

Lunge-feeding Humpback Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Lunge-feeding Humpback Whales (July 28, 2019)

Belted Kingfisher, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Belted Kingfisher (July 27, 2019)

Blue Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale (July 26, 2019)

Common Murre father and chick, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Common Murre father and chick
(July 24, 2019)

Lunge feeding Humpback Whales in front of the Blackfin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale, mother ” calf
(July 23, 2019)

Humpback Whale breaching, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale breaching (July 23, 2019)

Lunge feeding Humpback Whales in front of the Blackfin
(July 23, 2019)

Wandering Tattler and a Black Turnstone
(July 23, 2019)

Humpback Whale spy hopping, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale spy hopping (July 22, 2019)

Blue Whale tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale tail (July 22, 2019)

Humpback Whale throwing tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale throwing tail (July 21, 2019)

Humpback Whale lunge-feeding; California Sea Lion
(July 20, 2019)

Humpback Whales lunge-feeding (July 20, 2019)

Risso's Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso’s Dolphin (July 20, 2019)

Sabine's Gull, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Sabine’s Gull (July 20, 2019)

Pacific White-sided Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Pacific White-sided Dolphins (July 19, 2019)

Pacific White-sided Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Pacific White-sided Dolphin (July 19, 2019)

Brown Pelicans and Brandt's Cormorants , photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Brown Pelicans and Brandt’s Cormorants (July 19, 2019)

Humpback Whale 'Tail Throw' , photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale ‘Tail Throw’ (July 15, 2019)

Mola Mola (ocean sunfish), photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otters, mom and pup
(July 15, 2019)

Southern Sea Lions, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Lions (July 15, 2019)

Mola Mola (ocean sunfish), photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) (July 14, 2019)

Lunge-feeding Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Lunge-feeding Humpback Whale
(July 14, 2019)

Humpback Whale Tail and Gulls, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale Tail and Gulls (July 14, 2019)

Lunge-feeding Humpback Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Lunge-feeding Humpback Whales (July 14, 2019)

Humpback Whale and Sea Lion, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale and Sea Lion
(July 14, 2019)

Horizontal Lunge-feeding Humpback Whale
(July 14, 2019)

Chrysaora (Sea Nettle), photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Chrysaora (Sea Nettle)
(July 13, 2019)

Humpback Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whales (July 12, 2019)

Brown Pelicans, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Brown Pelicans (July 12, 2019)

Brandt's Cormorant diving, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Brandt’s Cormorant diving (July 11, 2019)

Southern Sea Otter eating Crab
(July 9, 2019)

Humpback Whales Lunge Feeding, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whales Lunge Feeding
(July 9, 2019)

Humpback Whale Lunge Feeding, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale Lunge Feeding
(July 7, 2019)

Mola Mola (ocean sunfish), photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) (July 7, 2019)

Southern Sea Otter hauling out
(July 6, 2019)

Elephant Seal, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Elephant Seal (July 6, 2019)

Brown Pelicans and Brandts Cormorants, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Brown Pelicans and Brandts Cormorants
(July 6, 2019)

Northern Right-whale Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Northern Right-whale Dolphins
(July 5, 2019)

Black-footed Albatross , photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Black-footed Albatross (July 5, 2019)

Humpback Whales, note Pectoral Fin
(July 5, 2019)

Blue Whale Tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale Tail (July 5, 2019)

Blue Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale (July 5, 2019)

Risso's Dolphin Breaching, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso’s Dolphin Breaching (July 4, 2019)

Humpback Whale Tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale Tail (July 4, 2019)

Pacific White-sided Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Pacific White-sided Dolphin (July 2, 2019)

Breaching Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Humpback Whale (July 2, 2019)

Northern Right-whale Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Northern Right-whale Dolphins (July 1, 2019)

California Sea Lions, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
California Sea Lions (July 1, 2019)

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