Recent Sightings

Visibility was excellent today. Waves were 8 – 10 feet and rough surf.

At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we observed:

☑️ 4 humpbacks – 1 group of 3 and 1 single; traveling south

☑️ 55 harbor seals

☑️ 2 American kestrels

☑️ 1 belted kingfisher

☑️ 1 great blue heron

♦️ NO WHALES SEEN AT SAUNDERS REEF ♦️

We had partly sunny skies and some small whitecaps. Excellent visibility.

At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we observed:

🔺 8 humpbacks – 1 group of 3 and 5 singles; all whales moving south

🔺 48 harbor seals

🔺 2 black oystercatchers

🔺 1 American kestrel

🔺 1 red-tailed hawk

🔺 1 great blue heron

🔶 NO WHALES SEEN AT SAUNDERS REEF 🔶

Today we had very good visibility and calm seas. There was some offshore haze.

🔷 NO WHALES SEEN AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA OR AT SAUNDERS REEF 🔷

AT PAL:

🟢 82 harbor seals

🟢 2 American kestrels

🟢 12 – 15 killdeer

🟢 1 red-tailed hawk

🟢 10 brown pelicans

AT SAUNDERS REEF:

🟣 8 – 10 meadowlarks

🟣 1 red-tailed hawk

🟣 1 brown pelican

Today we had 22 mph wind with 31 mph gusts from the northwest. The ocean was very rough.

✴️ NO WHALES SEEN AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA OR AT SAUNDERS REEF ✴️

At PAL:

🔆 56 harbor seals

🔆 11 long strands of surf scoters flying south rapidly; from 30 – 100 scoters in each strand

At Saunders Reef:

🔆 1 red-tailed hawk

🔆 12 brown pelicans flying south and 5 flying north

There was some wind and large whitecaps but overall visibility was good.

Observations at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:

🔶 1 unspecified whale blow seen on the horizon

🔶 Earlier in the day, Sarah Grimmes and Tim Bray were on Manchester Beach looking for birds and spotted 2-3 humpbacks

🔶 94 harbor seals

🔶 10 brown pelicans flying south, several others circling the lighthouse