Monterey Bay Whale Watch
List of Marine Mammal Sightings
in the Monterey Bay Region
September 1-30, 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) 9/30 2 p.m. 1 Humpback Whale (lunge-feeding) 9/30 9 a.m. 2 Humpback Whales (tail throws)   6 Blue Whales   400 Common Dolphins   50 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   1300 Risso's Dolphins   50 Northern Right Whale Dolphins   3 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/29 2 p.m. 5 Humpback Whales (breaching, head slaps, pec slaps) 9/29 1 p.m. 11 Humpback Whales 9/29 8 a.m. 8 Humpback Whales (breaching, lunge-feeding, "friendly" behavior) 9/29 8 a.m. 19 Humpback Whales All Day 300 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   500 Risso's Dolphins   50 Northern Right Whale Dolphins   5 Harbor Porpoise 9/27 9 a.m. 5 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)   100+ Risso's Dolphins     Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/27 8 a.m. 7 Humpback Whales   300 Risso's Dolphins (breaching)   5 Harbor Porpoise   6 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)   many Sea Nettles 9/26 1 p.m. 4 Humpback Whales   15 Harbor Porpoise 9/26 9 a.m. 5 Humpback Whales   9 Harbor Porpoise   3 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/25 2 p.m. 7 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding right next to the boat) Pt. Sur Clipper 1 Huge Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/25 2 p.m. 7 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, feeding frenzy) Sea Wolf II     9/25 9 a.m. 5 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding) Pt. Sur Clipper 20 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   150 Risso's Dolphins   1 Big Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/25 9 a.m. 2 Humpback Whale Sea Wolf II 800 Short-beaked Common Dolphins   10 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   150 Risso's Dolphins 9/24 2 p.m. 8 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)   6 Harbor Porpoise   7 Sea Otters (including mom and pup)   500+ Jellyfish 9/24 9 a.m. 7 Humpback Whales   200 Risso's Dolphins (breaching, including Casper)   2 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)   100+ Sea Lions 9/23 1 p.m. 5 Humpback Whales   2 Harbor Porpoise 9/23 9 a.m. 3 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)   40 Risso's Dolphins (breaching)   10 Harbor Porpoise   5 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/23 8 a.m. 2 Harbor Porpoise     Jellyfish 9/23 8 a.m. 5 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)  All Day   Risso's Dolphins (porpoising)   8 Harbor Porpoise 9/22 9 a.m. 3 Humpback Whales 9/22 8 a.m. 1 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) (dense fog)   Sea Otters     Jellyfish 9/21 5 p.m. 2 Humpback Whales   1 Blue Whale   1 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/21 2 p.m. 6 Humpback Whales   1 Blue Whale 9/21 1 p.m. 6 Humpback Whales   1 Blue Whale   1 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/21 9 a.m. 2 Humpback Whales   1 Blue Whale   1 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/21 8 a.m. 1 Humpback Whale)   1 Blue Whale   8 Harbor Porpoise 9/20 10 a.m. 1 Humpback Whale   20 Risso's Dolphins   20 Harbor Porpoise 9/20 9 a.m. 2 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)   15 Risso's Dolphins   5 Harbor Porpoise   1 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/20 8 a.m. 5 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)   20 Risso's Dolphins   10 Harbor Porpoise 9/19 2 p.m. 1 Humpback Whale (lunge-feeding)   1 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/19 9 a.m. 1 Humpback Whale (lunge-feeding)   6 Harbor Porpoise   3 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/19 8 a.m. 4 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)  All Day 40 Harbor Porpoise 9/18 2 p.m. 1 Humpback Whale (lunge-feeding)   30 Harbor Porpoise 9/18 10 a.m. 1 Humpback Whale (lunge-feeding)   20 Harbor Porpoise 9/18 9 a.m. 7 Humpback Whales (breaching, tail throws)   15 Risso's Dolphins   1 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/17 2 p.m. 2 Humpback Whales (lateral lunge-feeding) 9/17 9 a.m. 6 Humpback Whales   2 Killer Whales   150 Risso's Dolphins   2 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish)   1 Black-Footed Albatross 9/17 8 a.m. 13 Humpback Whales   150 Risso's Dolphins   1 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/16 2 p.m. 3 Blue Whales   100 Risso's Dolphins   8 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/16 1 p.m. 1 Humpback Whale   6 Blue Whales   150 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   200 Risso's Dolphins 9/16 9 a.m. 4 Blue Whales   20 Risso's Dolphins   1 Baby Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/16 8 a.m. 1 Humpback Whale (lunge-feeding)   4 Blue Whale   8 Harbor Porpoise 9/15 2 p.m. 2 Humpback Whales (mom & calf: very close looks and lunge-feeding) 9/15 1 p.m. 6 Humpback Whales (with calf)   4 Harbor Porpoise 9/15 9 a.m. 11 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)   3 Blue Whales   5 Harbor Porpoise 9/15 8 a.m. 8 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)   1 Blue Whale   12 Risso's Dolphins 9/15 8 a.m. 9 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)  All Day 1 Blue Whale   300 Risso's Dolphins   15 Harbor Porpoise   2 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/14 9 a.m. 3 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding) 9/14 8 a.m. 4 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)   1 Blue Whale 9/14 8 a.m. 2 Humpback Whale  All Day 1 Blue Whale   8 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   2 Risso's Dolphins (mom and newborn calf) 9/13 1:30 p.m. 3 Humpback Whale   2 Blue Whales   8 Risso's Dolphins 9/13 10 a.m. 12 Blue Whales   200 Risso's Dolphins (including Casper) 9/13 9 a.m. 9 Blue Whales (feeding)   400 Risso's Dolphins 9/13 8 a.m. 1 Humpback Whale   4 Blue Whales   115 Risso's Dolphins 9/12 1 p.m. 3 Blue Whales   200+ Pacific White-sided Dolphins   100+ Risso's Dolphins 9/12 9 a.m. 5 Blue Whales   3 Killer Whales   20 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   1000 Risso's Dolphins 9/12 8 a.m. 9 Blue Whales   3 Killer Whales   500 Pacific White-sided Dolphins 9/12 8 a.m. 13 Blue Whales  All Day 3 Killer Whales   300 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   100 Risso's Dolphins   5 Bottlenose Dolphins   1 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/11 2 p.m. 3 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, tail throwing, rolling around)   15 Harbor Porpoise 9/11 9 a.m. 4 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, breaching)   20 Harbor Porpoise 9/10 9 a.m. 7 Humpback Whales (mom and calf)   300 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   1000 Risso's Dolphins   10 Harbor Porpoise   2 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/9 1 p.m. 4 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, mom and calf) 9/9 9 a.m. 10 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, mom and calf)   4 Harbor Porpoise 9/9 8 a.m. 6 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, mom and calf) 9/9 8 a.m. 9 Humpback Whales (breaching, tail throwing, lunge-feeding)  All Day 2 Blue Whales   80 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   50 Risso's Dolphins 9/8 1 p.m. 3 Humpback Whales (breaching) 9/8 9 a.m. 9 Humpback Whales (mom and calf, lunge-feeding, spy hopping)   200 Risso's Dolphins (including Casper) 9/8 8 a.m. 8 Humpback Whales   350 Risso's Dolphins   3 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/8 8 a.m. 20 Humpback Whales (breaching, lunge-feeding)  All Day 400 Risso's Dolphins   10 Harbor Porpoise   1 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/7 2 p.m. 3 Humpback Whales (feeding) 9/7 1 p.m. 12 Killer Whales 9/7 9 a.m. 2 Humpback Whales (feeding)   12 Killer Whales   20 Risso's Dolphins   1 Steller Sea Lion   1 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/7 8 a.m. 3 Humpback Whales (feeding)   12 Killer Whales   20 Risso's Dolphins (with Casper)   1 Steller Sea Lion 9/6 2 p.m. 1 Humpback Whale (lunge-feeding)   1 Large Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/6 9 a.m. 16 Humpback Whales   10 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   50 Risso's Dolphins 9/6 8 a.m. 5 Humpback Whales   250 Risso's Dolphins   3 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/5 2 p.m. 15 Humpback Whales (feeding frenzy, breaching, tail slapping, head slaps) 9/5 9 a.m. 17 Humpback Whales (breaching, tail throwing, tail lobbing, feeding frenzy)   50 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   100+ Risso's Dolphins   1 Elephant Seal   many Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/5 8 a.m. 7 Humpback Whales   30 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   500 Risso's Dolphins   3 Bottlenose Dolphins   3 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/5 8 a.m. 8 Humpback Whales  All Day 2 Blue Whales   20 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   650 Risso's Dolphins   5 Bottlenose Dolphins 9/4 9 a.m. 15 Humpback Whales (feeding)   9 Killer Whales (CA216s)   190 Risso's Dolphins   3 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/4 8 a.m. 16 Humpback Whales (breaching)   10 Killer Whales (breaching and tail slaps, including FATFIN)   3 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish - 1 very large) 9/3 9 a.m. 25 Humpback Whales   5 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   100 Risso's Dolphins   15 Harbor Porpoise   6 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/2 1 p.m. 21 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding)   2 Harbor Porpoise 9/2 10 a.m. 19 Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding, breaching, tail throws, head slaps)     Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/2 9 a.m. 26 Humpback Whales (breaching, chin slaps)   150 Risso's Dolphins     Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/2 8 a.m. 13 Humpback Whales   20 Risso's Dolphins     Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/1 3 p.m. 12 Humpback Whales (breaching, feeding)   7 Harbor Porpoise 9/1 2 p.m. 31 Humpback Whales (feeding, head slaps, breaching)   10 Harbor Porpoise 9/1 1 p.m. 17 Humpback Whales (feeding)   1 Harbor Porpoise 9/1 9 a.m. 20 Humpback Whales   20 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   200 Risso's Dolphins (including Casper!)   5 Mola Mola (ocean sunfish) 9/1 8 a.m. 14 Humpback Whales   50 Pacific White-sided Dolphins   300 Risso's Dolphins   4 Harbor Porpoise 9/1 7 a.m. 3 Humpback Whales (feeding)

All photos © 2019 Daniel Bianchetta except as otherwise noted Common Dolphins Mother and Calf (September 30, 2019) Breaching Pacific White-sided Dolphin (September 29, 2019) Female Sea Otter eating an Octopus (September 29, 2019) Humpback Whales (September 26, 2019) Sea Lions (September 26, 2019) Sea Nettle (Chrysaora) (September 26, 2019) Casper the albino Risso's Dolphin and friend (September 24, 2019) Sea Lion and Risso's Dolphins near Pt. Pinos Lighthouse (September 24, 2019) Running Risso's Dolphins (September 23, 2019) Breaching Risso's Dolphins (September 23, 2019) Lunge-feeding Humpback Whales (September 23, 2019) Humpback Whale blow close to shore (September 21, 2019) California Sea Lion (September 21, 2019) Humpback Whale side lunge (September 20, 2019) Humpback Whale tail (September 20, 2019) Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish) (September 19, 2019) Sea Otter eating a crab (September 17, 2019) Risso's Dolphins (September 15, 2019) Blue Whale tail (September 15, 2019) Blue Whale by the Sea Wolf II (September 15, 2019) Harbor Seals (September 15, 2019) Mother and pup Sea Otters (September 14, 2019) Risso's Dolphin newborn and mother (September 14, 2019) Casper, the Albino Risso's Dolphin (September 13, 2019) Blue Whale with rain-blow (September 12, 2019) Pacific White-sided Dolphin (September 12, 2019) Female Killer Whales by the Sea Wolf II (September 12, 2019) Humpback Whale tail throw (September 9, 2019) Black-footed Albatross (September 9, 2019) Breaching Humpback Whale (September 8, 2019) Surfing Risso's Dolphins (September 8, 2019) Killer Whale mother and calf (September 7, 2019) Lunge-feeding Humpback Whale (September 6, 2019) Harbor Seals (September 6, 2019) Sea Otter (September 6, 2019) Blue Whale (September 5, 2019) Bottlenose Dolphins (September 5, 2019) Breaching Risso's Dolphin (September 5, 2019) Killer Whale (September 4, 2019) photo by Colleen Talty Humpback Whale tail and California Sea Lions (September 2, 2019) Humpback Whales (September 2, 2019) Red-necked Phalaropes (September 2, 2019) Albino Risso's Dolphin 'Casper' (September 1, 2019) California Sea Lions (September 1, 2019) All photos © 2019 Daniel Bianchetta except as otherwise noted

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