Category: Daily Observations

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula and from Saunders Reef Excellent visibility, calm seas No whales seen at either site  At PAL: * 78 harbor seals  

OBSERVATIONS TODAY FROM THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA AND FROM SAUNDERS REEF: Excellent visibility at both sites calm ocean conditions, light breeze At PAL:  * 1 unspecified whale, 4-5 miles out, several tall blows, not traveling  * 73 harbor seals  * 2 sea lions swimming north At Saunders Reef:  * no whales seen  * 1…

All day FOG over the ocean at both Point Arena Lighthouse Peninsula as well as at Saunders Reef made observations today impossible. AT PAL: * 43 harbor seals  

Observations today from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula and from Saunders Reef Significant FOG at PAL – no whales seen  * 84 harbor seals  At Saunders Reef – much greater visibility * 8 finback whales traveling  north    

Join us Thurs 8/8 as Resilient Earth Radio hosts & producers talk with Michael Stocker, an acoustician and naturalist by trade and a musician by avocation. Stocker has written and spoken about marine bio-acoustics and the impacts ocean noise pollution has on marine life since 1992, presenting in national and regional hearings, national and international television,…