Recent Sightings

With mixed sun and clouds, we had winds from the northwest blowing at 21 mph with gusts of 32 mph.  The rough surf, large swells, and whitecaps caused spray to obscure our visibility somewhat.

✳️ AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA:

🔷 NO WHALES SEEN

🔷 76 harbor seals

🔷 1 red-tailed hawk

🔷 14 brown pelicans

✳️ TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE  ↩️

  344 northbound – includes 7 mother/calf pairs

  382 southbound

 18 foragers

GRAY WHALES TO DATE (since 1 Dec)

Southbound: 214

Northbound: 445

Cow/calves south: 17

Cow/calves north: 16

Total: 659

Conditions today were cloudy, the ocean was fairly calm and visibility was very good.

🔶 AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA:

🔷 NO WHALES SEEN

🔷 97 harbor seals

🔷 1 sea lion

🔷 1 great blue heron

🔷 22 brown pelicans

🔶TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE  ↙️

  344 northbound – includes 7 mother/calf pairs

  382 southbound

 18 foragers

On this breezy, partly sunny day, we had decent visibility to about 3 miles offshore.

💠 AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA:

♦️ NO WHALES SEEN

♦️ 75 harbor seals

♦️ 17 brown pelicans

♦️ 3 black oystercatchers

💠 AT SAUNDERS REEF:

♦️ NO WHALES SEEN

REEF

TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE  🟰

  344 northbound – includes 7 mother/calf pairs

  382 southbound

 18 foragers

Today we had a hazy, overcast sky. Poor visibility due to having no distinction between the ocean and the sky and whale blows.

❇️ AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA :

🔆 NO WHALES SEEN

🔆 53 harbor seals – incoming tide

🔆 1 osprey perched in a tree overlooking the ocean

🔆 23 brown pelicans

❇️ AT SAUNDERS REEF:

🔆 NO WHALES SEEN

🔆 8 brown pelicans

🔆 1 red-tailed hawk

❇️ TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE  

  344 northbound – includes 7 mother/calf pairs

  382 southbound

 18 foragers