Recent Sightings

Today we had sunny skies with an offshore marine layer which reduced visibity to approximately 3 miles. Wind was 15 mph north northwest with 25 mph gusts.

🔅🔅NO WHALES SEEN AT POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA OR AT SAUNDERS REEF🔅🔅

AT PAL:

❇️ 72 harbor seals – including 9 pups; 1 with fetal folds

❇️ 1 osprey

❇️ 1 Caspian tern flying north

❇️ 2 black oystercatchers

❇️ 37 brown pelicans flying north

AT SAUNDERS REEF:

❇️ 1 red-tailed hawk

❇️ 5 pelicans flying north

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GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE: (since November 1, 2024) 🟰

348 northbound – includes 3 mother/calf pairs

391 southbound

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Melting Arctic sea ice spurs gray whale die-off along West Coast | The Seattle Times

Today was sunny and clear but quite windy and whitecaps were plentiful.

Observations from Gerstle Cove:

🔷 2 northbound gray whales – singles

🔷 19 harbor seals

🔷 20 brown pelicans flying north, 1 flying south

🔷 2 black oystercatchers

🔷 1 garter snake

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GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE: (since November 1, 2024) =

🐋 348 northbound – includes 3 mother/calf pairs

🐋 391 southbound

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On this sunny day with a light wind, we did have some offshore fog and a marine layer that approached the shore and then receded throughout the day.

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:

♦️ 1 gray whale mother/calf pair

♦️ 51 harbor seals – including 8 pups

♦️ 1 sea lion swimming north

♦️ 1 red-tailed hawk

♦️ 1 osprey

♦️ 18 brown pelicans flying north

🔶 NO WHALES SEEN AT SAUNDERS REEF

FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF GUALALA POINT, SHARI GOFORTH OBSERVED:

♦️ 1 gray whale mother/calf pair – the calf breached three to four times

♦️ 2 northbound grays

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TOTAL GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE: (since November 1, 2024) 🟰

✳️ 346 northbound – includes three mother/calf pairs

✳️ 391 southbound

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🔵 NO WHALES SEEN AT POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE OR AT SAUNDERS REEF 🔵

AT PAL:

🔶 39 harbor seals – including 6-7 pups

🔶 1 Northern harrier

🔶 1 brown pelican flying south

🔶 1 Osprey

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GRAY WHALES SEEN TO DATE: (since November 1, 2024) 🟰

🔷 340 northbound- includes 1 mother/calf pair seen on March 14th

🔷 391 southbound

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