Recent Sightings

Upon arriving at Gerstle Cove in Salt Point State Park early this morning, the fog quickly receded and we had good visibility. Unfortunately, within less than one hour, the fog returned leaving us with no visibility the rest of the day.

🔶 NO WHALES SEEN

🔷 3 osprey- 2 carrying fish

🔶 12 sea lions hauled out on the rock and 1 swimming and barking loudly

🔷 9 harbor seals

Still quite windy at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula as well as at Saunders Reef. Lots of whitecaps and spray limited our visibility.

🟪 NO WHALES SEEN

🟪 78 harbor seals

🟪 1 black oystercatcher

🟪 7 brown pelicans flying north

On this very windy day, spotting whale blows and even whale activity on the whitecap covered ocean was extremely challenging. The wind was blowing from the north northwest at 23 miles per hour with gusts of 36 mikes per hour.

🔆 AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA:

❇️ NO WHALES SEEN

❇️ 69 harbor seals

❇️ 1 great blue heron

Still very windy here on the Mendonoma coast.  This is the fourth consecutive day of unrelenting  wind covering the ocean with huge whitecaps. We observed today at Gerstle Cove in Salt Point State Park under sunny skies. Visibility decreased throughout the day as the wind, whitecaps, and ocean spray grew stronger.  Wind was blowing at 17 mph with gusts of  25 mph from the northwest.

💠 1 humpback – traveling north  about 300 yards offshore but eventually he or she did veer further offshore in a northwest direction

💠 19 harbor seals

💠 1 osprey

💠 11 Caspian terns flying north

💠 27 brown pelicans flying north

💠 2 black oystercatchers