Recent Sightings

At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we had sunny, but  windy conditions with the wind blowing at 18 mph with 27 mph gusts from the north northwest.  There was an offshore haziness at about four miles out which limited our visibility.

❇️ NO WHALES SEEN

✳️ 82 harbor seals

✳️ 1 great blue heron

✳️ 2 black oystercatchers

✳️ 29 brown pelicans flying  north

We had cloudy conditions with moderate wind today at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula.

💠 18 humpback whales- three sets of two and 12 singles

💠 106 harbor seals

💠 3 sea lions

💠 1 red-tailed hawk

Observations today were at Gerstle Cove in Salt Point State Park. We had a sunny day with very good visibility at first but as the day progressed, the wind speed increased creating significant whitecaps on the ocean.  Spotting blows and tracking the whales became more difficult as the wind increased. The blows did not remain suspended and were knocked down very quickly.

♦️ 2 humpback whales –  about 200 yards apart

♦️ 9 harbor seals

♦️ 2 sea lions swimming north

♦️  2 osprey – both hunting for fish over the ocean

♦️ 63 brown pelicans flying south and 4 flying north

At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we had very good visibility clear to the horizon.  It was moderately windy,

🔷 13 humpback whales- three sets of three, one pair, and two singles; one whale was tail lobbing for a short while 

🔷 2 sea lions swimming north

🔷 129 harbor seals

🔷 2 black oystercatchers

Today’s conditions, so vastly different from yesterday, illustrates that no two days here on our beautiful coast are the same!

We had considerable clouds, offshore fog and haze starting at about 2 miles out, and the wind was blowing at 13 mph, gusting to 20 mph from the south southeast.

Just north of the Gualala Point Regional Park Beach, we spotted:

✳️ 2 single humpbacks

At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we spotted:

✳️ 3 single humpbacks

✳️ 127 harbor seals