Recent Sightings

Total southbound grays seen: 391

Total northbound grays seen: 350

November – 0 southbound

December – 8 southbound

January – 354 southbound

February – 28 southbound
15 northbound

March – 1 southbound
256 northbound – includes 1 mother/calf pair

April – 75 northbound – includes 4 mother/calf pairs

May – 4 northbound

90% of southbound grays were seen in January.

73% of northbound grays were seen in March.

This season’s totals are our lowest counts in the 12 seasons we have been conducting this survey.

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Drill Maybe Drill?

Today was quite windy, 16 mph with gusts up to 29 mph from the north northwest. This created many whitecaps on the ocean making it very challenging to see whale blows.

At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we observed:

💠 1 blow – unable to identify the type of whale

💠 83 harbor seals

💠 1 great blue heron

💠 1 osprey

💠 5 brown pelicans flying south

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