Recent Sightings

Observations from Gerstle Cove with good visibility despite cloudy skies. No fog today!!

🔆 1 finback whale traveling south

🔆 1 foraging gray whale

🔆 5 – 6 sea lions swimming south

🔆 25 harbor seals

🔆 3 ospreys

🔆 152 brown pelicans

🔆 4 black oyster catchers

EXCELLENT PRESENTATION BY MARINE BIOLOGIST, BARBIE HALASKA WITH THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER
FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN CETACEAN SOCIETY:

18 gray whales, 1 pygmy sperm whale, 1 minke whale, 1 cuvier’s beaked whale
17 undetermined or no necropsy, 4 probable vessel strike

May 31, 2025: gray whale, Montara State Beach; cause of death: undetermined, no necropsy performed

May 29: gray whale, McNears Beach County Park, San Rafael; cause of death: undetermined, no necropsy performed

May 29: female gray whale, South San Francisco Bay, San Leandro; cause of death: undetermined, no necropsy performed

May 28, 2025: subadult gray whale, Alamere Falls, Point Reyes National Seashore; cause of death: probable vessel strike

May 26, 2025: suspected gray whale, Alcatraz; cause of death: undetermined, no necropsy performed

May 26, 2025: gray whale, Point Bonita; cause of death: undetermined

May 24, 2025: subadult female gray whale, Berkeley; cause of death: undetermined, no necropsy performed

May 22, 2025: gray whale, Fisherman’s Bay, Southeast Farallon Island; cause of death: undetermined, no necropsy performed

May 21, 2025: yearling gray whale, Bolinas; cause of death: undetermined

May 12, 2025: adult female gray whale, Rodeo; cause of death: suspected vessel strike

May 11, 2025: gray whale, Point Lobos, San Francisco; cause of death: undetermined, no necropsy performed

May 8, 2025: subadult female gray whale, Martinez; cause of death: undetermined, no necropsy performed

April 30, 2025: subadult female gray whale, Treasure Island; cause of death: undetermined

April 17, 2025: adult female gray whale, Alameda; cause of death: undetermined

April 15, 2025: cuvier’s beaked whale, La Tortuga Beach, San Luis Obispo County; cause of death: undetermined

April 8, 2025: subadult female minke whale, Emeryville; cause of death undetermined

April 4, 2025: subadult male gray whale, Fort Point Rock Beach; cause of death probable vessel strike

April 2, 2025: adult male gray whale, Angel Island State Park; cause of death suspected vessel strike

March 30, 2025: female gray whale, Black Sands Beach, Golden Gate National Recreation Area; cause of death undetermined

February 14, 2025: adult male pygmy sperm whale, Grover Beach, San Luis Obispo County; cause of death undetermined

January 19, 2025: adult male gray whale, Oso Flaco Beach, San Luis Obispo County; cause of death undetermined

Observations from the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula:

⚛️ 4 – 5 humpbacks; one breached once

⚛️ 36 harbor seals

⚛️ 102 brown pelicans flying north