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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…

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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…

We observed today at Gerstle Cove. The conditions varied throughout the day ranging from cloudy to clear skies, some offshore fog, and huge swell and crashing waves. A high surf advisory was in effect. ♦️ 3 humpbacks – all singles ♦️ 3 harbor seals – one swimming in the cove the other two being tossed…

We had excellent visibility today all the way to the horizon. At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we observed: 🔷 7 humpbacks – all singles 🔷 12 harbor seals – high tide, limited access to haul out site 🔷 1 great egret 🔷 24 brown pelicans flying north and 11 flying south NO WHALES SEEN…

After a very foggy day yesterday, today brought decent visibility. The surf was quite rough. At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we observed: 🔆 2 harbor seals swimming in the high surf surrounding their haul out site 🔆 1 American kestrel 🔆 1 red-tailed hawk 🔆 4 black oystercatchers 🔆 16 brown pelicans flying north…

The ocean was quite loud and rough with 6 to 8 feet waves breaking far out from shore. This created a great deal of ocean spray and haze. It was possible to spot blows but tracking the whales was challenging as they often disappeared behind the waves. At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we observed:…