Recent Sightings

WIND AT 19 mph from the north northwest with 33 mph gusts created poor visibility. Whitecaps covered the ocean.

🔷 NO WHALES SEEN AT COOK’S BEACH OR AT SAUNDERS REEF 🔷

At Cook’s Beach, we observed:

🔷 1 sea lion

🔷 37 brown pelicans, many feeding

CONDITIONS TODAY WERE EXCELLENT! Blue skies, very little wind, calm ocean!

💠💠 Humpback activity was observed all along our coast today from the south end of the Sea Ranch to Hearn Gulch and Saunders Reef. 💠💠

OBSERVATIONS FROM COOK’S BEACH WHICH IS NORTH OF DOWNTOWN GUALALA AND SOUTH OF ANCHOR BAY (ACROSS FROM ST. ORRS):

💠 15-17 humpbacks – backs and flukes visible, some in groups of four feeding in the same area, others traveling north

💠 6 sea lions

💠 1 osprey

💠 18 brown pelicans

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SALAL TRAIL ON THE NORTH END OF THE SEA RANCH, LOOKING TOWARD GUALALA POINT ISLAND:

The foggy conditions today created poor visibility. We were hoping to see the gray whales that have been seen at this location by Kate Bloch and Shari Goforth but we were not successful in finding them.

🟧 12-14 sea lions

🟧 2 harbor seals bottling

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthiuse peninsula:

🟣 NO WHALES SEEN

🟣 44 harbor seals

🟣 1 Osprey

🟣 1 great blue heron

🟣 2 black oystercatchers

🟣 49 brown pelicans

🟩 NO WHALES SEEN AT SAUNDERS REEF

Observations today from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:

🔆 NO WHALES SEEN

🔆 76 harbor seals

🔆 1 great blue heron

🔆 1 black oystercatcher

🔆 4 brown pelicans flying north

Observations from Saunders Reef:

🔆 NO WHALES SEEN

🔆 1 Osprey

🔆 23 brown pelicans flying north