Recent Sightings

On this sunny day at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, there was offshore fog and large swells that created haziness.

☑️ 2 southbound gray whales – traveling in tandem

🟪☑️ TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE 🟰 366 southbound ☑️🟪

☑️ 55 harbor seals

☑️ 12 brown pelicans flying north

☑️ 3 hooded mergansers

☑️ 1 great blue heron

☑️ 1 American kestrel

☑️ 1 Ferruginous hawk

☑️ 1 tropical kingbird

A sunny day at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula provided good conditions for observing whales. It was quite windy with wind blowing at 9 miles per hour and gusting to 13 miles per hour out of the north west.

💠 9 southbound gray whales – two sets of two and 5 singles

🔶 TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE ▶️ 3️⃣6️⃣4️⃣ southbound 🔶

💠 59 harbor seals

💠 2 American kestrels

💠 4 black oystercatchers

💠 7 brown pelicans flying north

At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we had mostly cloudy skies with some filtered sunshine.  There was offshore fog and haziness on the horizon,  The ocean was calm and there was no wind. Blows were challenging to detect.

♦️ 2 southbound gray whales – singles, difficult to track

♦️🔷 TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE 🟰 355 southbound 🔷♦️

🔶 40 southbound seen in December,  315 southbound seen in January 🔶

🔷 85 harbor seals

🔷 4 black oystercatchers

🔷 3 brown pelicans flying south

🔷 1 red-tailed hawk

🔷 1 Ferruginous hawk

🔷 1 American kestrel

It was a sunny day with offshore fog and haziness. There were 8-10 foot swells on the ocean that created lots of spray.

AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA:

♒️ 3 southbound gray whales – one pair and one single

♒️🔶 TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE 🟰 353 southbound 🔶♒️

♒️ 63 harbor seals

♒️ 1 great blue heron foraging on the rocks

♒️ 2 American kestrels

♒️ 4 black oystercatchers

♒️ 6 killdeer

♒️ 1 bobcat hunting in the field

Bright, sunny day at the Point Arena Lighthouse today.  Not much wind, excellent visibility.

🟣 7 southbound grays- two sets of two traveling together and three singles

🟨🟩 TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE ➡️ 350 southbound 🟩🟨

🟣 54 harbor seals

🔵 1 great blue heron

🟣 4 black oystercatchers