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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.

On this cloudy day with a few breaks of sunshine, visibility was quite good. AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA, WE OBSERVED: 🔆 1 humpback 🔆 66 harbor seals 🔆 1 American kestrel 🔆 1 great blue heron 🔆 1 red-tailed hawk 🌐 NO WHALES SEEN AT SAUNDERS REEF

Today was windy and hazy and there were many whitecaps on the ocean At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we observed: 🟩 1 humpback 🟩 76 harbor seals 🟩 2 American kestrels 🟩 1 red-tailed hawk 🟦 No whales seen at Saunders Reef

At the Point Arena Lighthouse, we observed: 🟣 4 humpback whales – all singles; one breached once 🟣 87 harbor seals 🟣 1 black oystercatcher 🟣 1 great blue heron 🟣 1 American kestrel 🟠 NO WHALES SEEN AT SAUNDERS REEF

Good visibility today until the wind increased in the afternoon creating a haziness offshore. ALONG THE SALAL TRAIL ON THE NORTH END OF THE SEA RANCH, WE SPOTTED ONE HUMPBACK. KATE BLOCH ALSO REPORTED SEEING SEVERAL BLOWS IN THIS AREA, BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF GUALALA POINT ISLAND. AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA, WE…

After 2 days of rain and foggy conditions, we had good visibility today although the wind was blowing 15 mph and gusting to 24 mph. Whitecaps were plentiful AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA, WE OBSERVED: 💠 9 humpbacks- one duo and seven singles 💠 14 harbor seals – tide still fairly high but receding…