Recent Sightings

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

💠 2 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

Strong winds made it quite challenging to spot blows today as they were blown down quickly. The wind was 19 mph with gusts of 33 mph from the south southeast and large whitecaps covered the ocean.  By mid afternoon, it began to rain forcing us to end our observations.

AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA:

🔺3 southbound gray whales – all singles, difficult to track due to ocean conditions

🔺🔸 TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE 🟰 343 southbound 🔸🔺

🔺 62 harbor seals

🔺 2 great blue herons

🔺 2 black oystercatchers

🔺 3 brown pelicans – flying south