Recent Sightings

This morning brought very dense fog leaving us with no visibility at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula. Waves were quite impressive at 10-12 feet.

🔆 NO WHALES SEEN

🔆 NO HARBOR SEALS SEEN – very hide tide and rough surf completely covered haul out sites

🔆 1 great blue heron

🔆 1 red-tailed hawk

🔆 1 American kestrel

🔆 27 brown pelicans – flocks of 6-8 individuals flying north and south

Conditions today at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula were clear with very good visibility.  It was windy with a north northwest wind of 16 mph with gusts of 21 mph.

💠 4 humpback whales – a pair and two singles

💠 98 harbor seals

💠 47 brown pelicans mostly flying north and circling the lighthouse

Moderately windy conditions and some whitecaps. Very good visibility.

AT SAUNDERS REEF:

🟢 2 humpback whales – a pair

Today conditions were quite windy with the wind blowing at 19 mph with gusts of 25 mph from the north northwest.

♦️NO WHALES SEEN AT SAUNDERS REEF

AT PAL:

♦️ 4 humpback whales – one pair and two singles moving south

♦️ 2 harbor seals swimming around the rocks at their haul out site – very high tide

♦️ 3 American kestrels

Observations today were from the peninsula at the Point Arena Lighthouse and from Saunders Reef. There was some wind, the ocean was choppy with moderate amounts of whitecaps.visibility was good.

AT PAL:

💠 5 humpback whales – one pair and 3 singles

💠 77 harbor seals

💠 1 American kestrel

💠 14 brown pelicans

AT SAUNDERS REEF:

💠 2 humpback whales

💠 1 red-tailed hawk

✳️✳️ Linda Walker reported seeing one breaching humpback off Iversen Point✳️✳️