Although the day started out quite sunny, out on the peninsula it became and stayed cloudy with offshore fog and eventually, misty. The wind also increased and there were many whitecaps. Blows were low and bushy and disappeared quickly along the surface of the ocean.
🔆 AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA :
❇️ 8 northbound gray whales – two sets of twos and four singles; one member of the first pair we saw breached twice
❇️ 1 gray whale foraging
❇️ 61 harbor seals
❇️ 2 American kestrels
❇️ 18 brown pelicans flying north
❇️ 6 black oystercatcher
🔆 AT SAUNDERS REEF: conditions slightly better than at PAL but deteriorating
❇️ 2 northbound gray whales – a deuce
🔆 TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE:
🔵 108 northbound 🔴 382 southbound 🟢 2 foragers
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