Recent Sightings

FRIDAY, JULY 19th: We welcome our amazing guest, Aeon Bashir founder and Head Krill at Aeon for Ocean

 

Fog at Point Arena Lighthouse;  observations not possible

At Saunders Reef:

persistent strong wind, ocean covered with whitecaps, poor visibility

* No whales seen

* 1 adult bald eagle

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse Peninsula and from Saunders Reef

At PAL:

*  5 humpbacks; breaching, flipper slapping, tail lobbing observed

* 87 harbor seals

* 4 black oyster catchers

* 1 Northern Harrier

At Saunders Reef:

No whales seen

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse Peninsula and from Saunders Reef

At PAL:

* 6 humpbacks; breaching, flipper slapping, tail lobbing observed

* 107 harbor seals

* 3 black oyster catchers

* 1 red-tailed hawk

At Saunders Reef:

* 3 humpbacks

 

 

 

 

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula and from Saunders Reef

Flat, calm ocean, no wind, very good visibility

At PAL:

* 3 humpbacks, slowly moving to the south

* 3 harbor porpoise also swimming south

* 74 harbor seals

* 8 black oyster catchers

* 1 osprey

At Saunders Reef:

*  7 humpbacks;

* one single swimming to the north

* a group of three were very active with flipper slapping, fluking, and one of                         the three breached six times!!

* a second group of three

* 1 sea lion