Author: tmercer

Observations today were from Gerstle Cove in Salt Point State Park. Visibility was excellent on this sunny day.  There were small whitecaps on the ocean and large breakers. ❇️ NO WHALES SEEN TODAY ❇️ 🟣🟡 TOTAL WHALES SEEN TO DATE = 370 southbound 🟡🟣 ❇️ 3 harbor seals at high tide ❇️ 1 red-tailed hawk…

On this beautiful, warm, sunny day, we had excellent visibility at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula.  There was little to no wind and blows remained suspended in the air making whales easy to spot and to track. 🔷 4 southbound gray whales – one pair and two singles; backs and flukes often visible 💠🔶 TOTAL…

On this sunny day at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, there was offshore fog and large swells that created haziness. ☑️ 2 southbound gray whales – traveling in tandem 🟪☑️ TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE 🟰 366 southbound ☑️🟪 ☑️ 55 harbor seals ☑️ 12 brown pelicans flying north ☑️ 3 hooded mergansers ☑️…

A sunny day at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula provided good conditions for observing whales. It was quite windy with wind blowing at 9 miles per hour and gusting to 13 miles per hour out of the north west. 💠 9 southbound gray whales – two sets of two and 5 singles 🔶 TOTAL GRAY…

At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we had mostly cloudy skies with some filtered sunshine.  There was offshore fog and haziness on the horizon,  The ocean was calm and there was no wind. Blows were challenging to detect.   ♦️ 2 southbound gray whales – singles, difficult to track ♦️🔷 TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO…

It was a sunny day with offshore fog and haziness. There were 8-10 foot swells on the ocean that created lots of spray. AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA: ♒️ 3 southbound gray whales – one pair and one single ♒️🔶 TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE 🟰 353 southbound 🔶♒️ ♒️ 63 harbor seals…

Bright, sunny day at the Point Arena Lighthouse today.  Not much wind, excellent visibility. 🟣 7 southbound grays- two sets of two traveling together and three singles 🟨🟩 TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE ➡️ 350 southbound 🟩🟨 🟣 54 harbor seals 🔵 1 great blue heron 🟣 4 black oystercatchers

Strong winds made it quite challenging to spot blows today as they were blown down quickly. The wind was 19 mph with gusts of 33 mph from the south southeast and large whitecaps covered the ocean.  By mid afternoon, it began to rain forcing us to end our observations. AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA:…

We had bright sunshine today and there was clear distinction between the ocean and the sky. However,  at the Point  Arena Lighthouse peninsula, the wind was blowing 14 mph and gusting to 20 mph from the south southeast.  This did create significant whitecaps and when blows were spotted, they were blown back and disappeared quickly.…

Observations on this cloudy day were from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula. There was a slight wind from the south creating some small whitecaps on the ocean and blows did disappear very quickly. 🔆 10 southbound gray whales – all singles 🔆 TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE = 332 southbound 🔆 🔷 6 bottlenose…

It was a cloudy day at Gerstle Cove with little distinction between the ocean and the sky. There was some offshore fog but visibility was good.  Some limited sunshine did appear in the afternoon. AT GERSTLE COVE: 🔶 No whales seen 🔶 17 harbor seals 🔶 1 red-tailed hawk 🔶 1 Northern harrier 🔶 1…

It was a cloudy, windy day at the Point Arena Lighthouse. Blows were mostly bushy and they dispersed quickly. There was also fog offshore. AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA: ✳️ 15 southbound gray whales – one trio, three pairs, and six singles ❇️ TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DAYE 🟰 319 southbound ❇️ 🔵🟧🔵🟧🔵🟧🔵🟧🔵🟧🔵🟧🔵🟧🔵🟧🔵🟧🔵🟧…