Cloudy conditions persisted through the day creating the dreaded monochrome effect which makes it difficult to distinguish between ocean, sky, and blows. However, the ocean was very calm and that made it possible to observe whale backs, heads, and flukes.
Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:
* 11 southbound gray whales – one group of three, one group of two – these two groups joined together for a short while and five blows were visible at once,
Six singles – three of the singles breached, two breached four times and one breached once
GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE = 352 southbound
* 4-5 sea lions swimming north
* 51 harbor seals
* 1 Ferruginous hawk
* 3 American kestrels
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