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Visibility was excellent today. Waves were 8 – 10 feet and rough surf. At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we observed: ☑️ 4 humpbacks – 1 group of 3 and 1 single; traveling south ☑️ 55 harbor seals ☑️ 2 American kestrels ☑️ 1 belted kingfisher ☑️ 1 great blue heron ♦️ NO WHALES SEEN…

We had partly sunny skies and some small whitecaps. Excellent visibility. At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we observed: 🔺 8 humpbacks – 1 group of 3 and 5 singles; all whales moving south 🔺 48 harbor seals 🔺 2 black oystercatchers 🔺 1 American kestrel 🔺 1 red-tailed hawk 🔺 1 great blue heron…

Today we had very good visibility and calm seas. There was some offshore haze. 🔷 NO WHALES SEEN AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA OR AT SAUNDERS REEF 🔷 AT PAL: 🟢 82 harbor seals 🟢 2 American kestrels 🟢 12 – 15 killdeer 🟢 1 red-tailed hawk 🟢 10 brown pelicans AT SAUNDERS REEF:…

Today we had 22 mph wind with 31 mph gusts from the northwest. The ocean was very rough. ✴️ NO WHALES SEEN AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA OR AT SAUNDERS REEF ✴️ At PAL: 🔆 56 harbor seals 🔆 11 long strands of surf scoters flying south rapidly; from 30 – 100 scoters in…

There was some wind and large whitecaps but overall visibility was good. Observations at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula: 🔶 1 unspecified whale blow seen on the horizon 🔶 Earlier in the day, Sarah Grimmes and Tim Bray were on Manchester Beach looking for birds and spotted 2-3 humpbacks 🔶 94 harbor seals 🔶 10…

Lighthouse Lecture Series – Shari Goforth Event 11/15/2025 As part of the Lighthouse Lecture Series, Shari Goforth will present “Bioacoustics: Sound and Singers in the Sea” on Saturday, November 15, at 4 p.m. “We will spend this time looking at the importance of sound for marine cetaceans, how they create sound, the difference between song,…

It was a beautiful day at Gerstle Cove. The waves were huge and exploded upon crashing into the rocks. Visibility was excellent. 🔆 9 humpbacks – one duo and 7 singles 🔆 1 red-tailed hawk – dark morph 🔆 5-7 meadowlarks 🔆 22 brown pelicans flying north

Much gratitude to all our amazing Veterans on this day and every day for their dedicated service to our country. Today was mostly cloudy creating monochrome visibility where blows, sky, and the ocean are all the same whitish color. ✴️ NO WHALES SEEN AT EITHER THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA OR AT SAUNDERS REEF. ✴️.…

Offshore haziness but decent visibility. ⚛️ NO WHALES SEEN AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA OR AT SAUNDERS REEF ⚛️ AT PAL: ⚛️ At high tide, 6 harbor seals hauled out and resting on the rocks and 5 swimming ⚛️ 7 black oystercatchers ⚛️ 1 great blue heron ⚛️ 12-15 brown pelicans circling the area…

Today the ocean was flat calm and visibility was excellent. AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA: 🔺 NO WHALES SEEN 🔺 7-8 harbor seals bottling and swimming around the rocks at their haul out sites at high tide 🔺 1 black oystercatcher 🔺 1 red-tailed hawk 🔺 1 northern harrier 🔺 3 American kestrels NO…

After several days of fog, rain, strong wind, and huge waves, we finally had a sunny day with good visibility. The ocean was still quite turbulent and there were large whitecaps. AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA: 💠 NO WHALES SEEN 💠 6-8 harbor seals bottling and swimming around the rocks at their haul out…

WE INVITE YOU ALL TO WATCH THE AMAZING SPEAKERS IN THIS YEAR’S SYMPOSIUM. SIMPLY GO TO KGUA.ORG AND CLICK ON THE YOUTUBE ICON IN THE UPPER LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. YOU WILL BE TREATED TO SIX OUTSTANDING SPEAKERS AND TOPICS. Out host this year will be Shari Goforth and our producer is Seve Cardosi.