Recent Sightings

Hazy on the horizon but good visibility overall.  Some whitecaps and slight wind.

AT SAUNDERS REEF WE OBSERVED:

🔶 9 humpbacks – two breaches

🔶 1 sea lion swimming north

🔶 7 brown pelicans

AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA WE OBSERVED :

🔶 3 humpbacks – two traveling north together, one single

🔶 5 harbor seals – high tide

🔶 1 northern harrier

🔶 14 brown pelicans

Slightly hazy on the horizon today. A bit more windy than previous days and some whitecaps have developed.

AT THE POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA WE OBSERVED:

♦️ 12 humpbacks – many breaching, chin slamming, flukes and back visible

♦️ 12 harbor seals – high tide

♦️ 2 black oystercatchers

♦️ 35 brown pelicans

AT SAUNDERS REEF  WE OBSERVED:

♦️ 1 humpback

On this absolutely gorgeous summer day, we observed at Gerstle Cove in Salt Point State Park.  Calm ocean, gentle breeze, excellent visibility.

WE OBSERVED:

✳️ 15 humpback whales – many breaching

✳️ 2 minke whales swiftly swimming north

✳️ 8 harbor seals – at high tide

✳️ 1 Osprey with a fish

✳️ 1 northern pygmy owl

✳️ 1 white-tailed kite – hovering

✳️ 3 great blue herons in flight

✳️ 15-20 brown pelicans feeding, 55 flying south, 66 flying north

🔷 2 humpback whales seen in Point Arena, at least one was breaching multiple times, seen by Mel Smith

🔷 3 humpback whales seen off Ollies’s straight by Shari Goforth

 

 

Another beautiful day here on the Mendonoma coast.  Ocean is still as calm as a lake and the morning clouds gave way to bright sunshine.  No clouds and no wind. Excellent visibility. Many fishing boats in the area.

AT THE POINT ARENA  LIGHTHOUSE PENINSULA, WE OBSERVED:

🔆 8 humpbacks- one breached once creating a huge splash

🔆 34 harbor seals – at high tide

🔆 12-14 brown pelicans diving into the ocean to feed

🔆 1 American kestrel

AT SAUNDERS REEF, WE OBSERVED:

🔆 3 humpbacks

NEAR ROBINSON’S REEF, SHARI GOFORTH OBSERVED:

🔆 1 humpback -tail slapping

 

 

The ocean was as calm as a lake today and visibility was excellent.

At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we observed:

🔺 8 humpbacks

🔺27 harbor seals – at high tide

🔺 300-350 brown pelicans flying north; others resting in the ocean

🔺 4 flocks of approximately. 50-60 cormorants flying north

🔺 1 osprey

🔺 1 American kestrel

AT SAUNDERS REEF, WE OBSERVED:

🔺 1 humpback

🔺8 sea lions swimming south

🔺13 brown pelicans

🔶 Shari Goforth observed one very energetic humpback just north of Gualala Point. This whale breached 7 times, chin slapped, tail thrashed twice, then did five more breaches!

Shari sent this picture of the humpback to us and we appreciate her allowing us to share it with you in this website.