Author: tmercer

We had cloudy conditions with moderate wind today at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula. 💠 18 humpback whales- three sets of two and 12 singles 💠 106 harbor seals 💠 3 sea lions 💠 1 red-tailed hawk  

Observations today were at Gerstle Cove in Salt Point State Park. We had a sunny day with very good visibility at first but as the day progressed, the wind speed increased creating significant whitecaps on the ocean.  Spotting blows and tracking the whales became more difficult as the wind increased. The blows did not remain…

At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we had very good visibility clear to the horizon.  It was moderately windy, 🔷 13 humpback whales- three sets of three, one pair, and two singles; one whale was tail lobbing for a short while  🔷 2 sea lions swimming north 🔷 129 harbor seals 🔷 2 black oystercatchers…

Today’s conditions, so vastly different from yesterday, illustrates that no two days here on our beautiful coast are the same! We had considerable clouds, offshore fog and haze starting at about 2 miles out, and the wind was blowing at 13 mph, gusting to 20 mph from the south southeast. Just north of the Gualala…

A dream day!! Excellent visibility clear to the horizon. The ocean was as calm as a lake and there was no wind. We observed from Saunders Reef and saw: 💠 8 humpback whales – one group of three, two groups of two, and one single We did  receive reports of humpback whales being seen all…

Although Scott and I did not see any whales this week, we did receive two reports of  humpback whales along our coast.  The first came on Tuesday evening, July 14th from Michael Reinhart who noticed several blows from his home on the south end of the Sea Ranch. For over 30 minutes, Michael observed about…

We observed today at Gerstle Cove.  We had good conditions in the morning hours as the fog remained well offshore at about five miles out.  Unfortunately, as the day progressed the wind increased , This created massive whitecaps making it very difficult to spot blows. 🔶 NO WHALES SEEN 🔷 12 harbor seals 🔶 3…

We had cloudy conditions today at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula. There was a strong wind and significant whitecaps upon the ocean. ♒️ NO WHALES SEEN ♒️ 110 harbor seals ♒️ 29 brown pelicans ♒️ 3 black,oystercatchers

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The wind was blowing at 19 mph and gusting to 28 mph from the north northwest at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula today.  It was cloudy and there were whitecaps on the ocean. 💠 1 humpback 💠 53 harbor seals at high tide 💠 27 brown pelicans

Although it was cloudy and gray at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, visibility was quite good.  The ocean was mostly calm with some whitecaps offshore at about 3 miles out. 🔆 12 humpback whales – two groups of three and six singles – we observed tail lobbing and breaching; one humpback was tail lobbing consistently…

It remained cloudy and gray at Gerstle Cove today with very little distinction between the ocean and the sky. There were big swells but no whitecaps. ♦️2 humpback whales – singles that stayed within our view slowly swimming north and south for about 4 hours ♦️ 9 harbor seals ♦️ 4 sea lions ♦️ 2…