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MONTEREY BAY WHALE WATCH MARINE MAMMAL SIGHTINGS LIST OCTOBER 2016

MARINE MAMMAL SIGHTINGS IN THE MONTEREY BAY REGION

Monterey Bay Whale Watch
List of Marine Mammal Sightings
in the Monterey Bay Region
October 1-31, 2016
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Note — In addition to sightings on Monterey Bay Whale Watch trips, this list includes all reported marine mammal sightings for this region. Unusual sightings of other marine animals such as Leatherback Sea Turtles and Basking Sharks are also listed. California Sea Lions, Harbor Seals, and Southern Sea Otters, which are seen on all whale watching trips, are not included in the list.

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Date # Type of Animal(s)
10/31 2 p.m. 30 Humpback Whales
10/31 9 a.m. 9 Humpback Whales
250 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
5 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
50 Risso’s Dolphins
10/29 2 p.m. 6 Humpback Whales
800 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
10/29 12:30 p.m. 4 Humpback Whales
500 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
35 Risso’s Dolphins
10/29 9 a.m. 8 Humpback Whales
800 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
10/29 8 a.m. 9 Humpback Whales
1300 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
10/28 2 p.m. 11 Humpback Whales
100 Risso’s Dolphins
10/28 9 a.m. 21 Humpback Whales
1000 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
1 Harbor Porpoise
10/27 2 p.m. 4 Humpback Whales
10/27 9 a.m. 4 Humpback Whales
1 Blue Whale
50 Common Dolphins
30 Dall’s Porpoise
10/26 2 p.m. 5 Humpback Whales
200 Risso’s Dolphins
10/26 9 a.m. 9 Humpback Whales
1 Blue Whale
5 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
150-200 Risso’s Dolphins
10/25 9 a.m. 7 Humpback Whales
20 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
6 Harbor Porpoise
10/24 2 p.m. 3 Humpback Whales (amazing surface
lunge-feeding close to our harbor)
2 Bottlenose Dolphins
10/24 9 a.m. 4 Humpback Whales (amazing surface
lunge-feeding close to our harbor)
60 Risso’s Dolphins
10/23 2 p.m. 6 Humpback Whales
400 Common Dolphins
80 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
10/23 9 a.m. 4 Humpback Whales
1 Killer Whale (Lonesome George)
5 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
15 Risso’s Dolphins
10/22 2 p.m. 3 Humpback Whales (wild seas)
10/22 9 a.m. 5 Humpback Whales
3 Killer Whales
100 Risso’s Dolphins
10/22 All day 28 Humpback Whales
3 Killer Whales
10/21 9 a.m. 7 Humpback Whales
100 Risso’s Dolphins
3 Harbor Porpoise
10/21 All day 16 Humpback Whales
100 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
800 Risso’s Dolphins
25 Northern Right Whale Dolphins
10/20 12:30 p.m. 8 Humpback Whales
100 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
30 Risso’s Dolphins
10/20 9 a.m. 11 Humpback Whales
1 Sperm Whale
50 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
350 Risso’s Dolphins
10/20 8 a.m. 3 Humpback Whales
1 Sperm Whale
100 Risso’s Dolphins
5 Ashy Storm Petrels
10/19 12:30 p.m. 12 Humpback Whales
350 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
15 Risso’s Dolphins
10/19 9 a.m. 17 Humpback Whales
1 Killer Whale (Fatfin)
400 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
7 Risso’s Dolphins
10/19 8 a.m. 5 Humpback Whales
1 Killer Whale (Fatfin)
20 Risso’s Dolphins
1 Harbor Porpoise
10/18 12:30 p.m. 12 Humpback Whales
150 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
50 Risso’s Dolphins
10/18 9 a.m. 26 Humpback Whales
600 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
2 Harbor Porpoise
10/18 8 a.m. 3 Humpback Whales
65 Risso’s Dolphins
10/17 2 p.m. 3 Humpback Whales
40 Risso’s Dolphins
10/17 9 a.m. 9 Humpback Whales
70 Risso’s Dolphins
1 Bottlenose Dolphin
10/17 All day 20 Humpback Whales
275 Risso’s Dolphins
1 Tufted Puffin!
10/13 2 p.m. 2 Humpback Whales
120 Risso’s Dolphins
1 Steller Sea Lion
4 Blue Sharks
10/13 12:30 p.m. 2 Humpback Whales
2 Fin Whales
75 Risso’s Dolphins
10/13 9 a.m. 1 Humpback Whale
1 Sperm Whale
150 Risso’s Dolphins
2 Steller Sea Lion
1 Blue Shark
10/13 8 a.m. 1 Humpback Whale (“friendly”)
6 Fin Whales
10/12 2 p.m. 8 Fin Whales
2 Blue Sharks
10/12 12:30 p.m. 1 Humpback Whale
8 Fin Whales
1 Blue Shark
10/12 9 a.m. 4 Humpback Whales
1 Blue Whale
9 Fin Whales
7 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
2 Blue Sharks
10/12 8 a.m. 2 Humpback Whales
1 Blue Whale
4 Fin Whales
1 Blue Shark
10/11 2 p.m. 2 Humpback Whales
7 Fin Whales
120 Short-beaked Common Dolphins
20 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
1 Steller Sea Lion
2 Blue Sharks
10/11 12:30 p.m. 1 Humpback Whale
3 Fin Whales
10/11 9 a.m. 7 Humpback Whales
1 Sperm Whale
12 Fin Whales
100 Short-beaked Common Dolphins
300 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
50 Risso’s Dolphins
2 Steller Sea Lions
4 Blue Sharks
10/11 8 a.m. 3 Humpback Whales
1 Sperm Whale
7 Fin Whales
50 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
300 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
20 Risso’s Dolphins
3 Blue Sharks
10/10 2 p.m. 2 Humpback Whales
3 Fin Whales
50 Short-beaked Common Dolphins
600 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
25 Risso’s Dolphins
10/10 12:30 p.m. 3 Humpback Whales (1 “friendly”)
70 Risso’s Dolphins
1 Blue Shark
10/10 9 a.m. 2 Humpback Whales
1 Blue Whale
5 Fin Whales
100 Short-beaked Common Dolphins
300 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
30 Risso’s Dolphins
1 Blue Shark
10/10 8 a.m. 1 Humpback Whale
1 Blue Whale
500 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
70 Risso’s Dolphins
9 Harbor Porpoise
10/10 All day 8 Humpback Whales
1 Blue Whale
15 Fin Whales
200 Short-beaked Common Dolphins
1200 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
120 Risso’s Dolphins
10/9 2 p.m. 4 Humpback Whales
10/9 12:30 p.m. 2 Humpback Whales
10/9 9 a.m. 2 Humpback Whales
50 Risso’s Dolphins
Blue Fin Tuna!
10/9 8 a.m. 3 Humpback Whales
1 Mako Shark
10/8 2 p.m. 2 Humpback Whales (breaching)
25 Risso’s Dolphins
10/8 12:30 p.m. 2 Humpback Whales
20 Risso’s Dolphins
10/8 9 a.m. 16 Humpback Whales
2500 Short-beaked Common Dolphins
20 Risso’s Dolphins
10/8 8 a.m. 3 Humpback Whales (“friendlies”)
100 Risso’s Dolphins
10/8 All day 36 Humpback Whales
1 Blue Whale
4 Fin Whales
100 Short-beaked Common Dolphins
400-500 Pacific White-sided Dolphins
12 Risso’s Dolphins
8 Bottlenose Dolphins
1 Northern Fur Seal
10/7 2 p.m. 2 Humpback Whales
50 Risso’s Dolphins
10/7 12:30 p.m. 2 Humpback Whales
1 Minke Whale
10 Dall’s Porpoise
10/7 9 a.m. 7 Humpback Whales
3000 Short-beaked Common Dolphins
10/7 8 a.m. 4 Humpback Whales
2 Harbor Porpoise
10/6 12:30 p.m. 3 Humpback Whales
15 Harbor Porpoise
10/6 9 a.m. 2 Humpback Whales
30 Risso’s Dolphins
5 Harbor Porpoise
10/6 8 a.m. 6 Humpback Whales
70 Risso’s Dolphins
1 Steller Sea Lion
10/5 12:30 p.m. 4 Humpback Whales
10/5 9 a.m. 1 Humpback Whale
70 Risso’s Dolphins
7 Harbor Porpoise
10/5 8 a.m. 3 Humpback Whales
3 Harbor Porpoise
12 Dall’s Porpoise
10/4 9 a.m. 3 Humpback Whales
50 Risso’s Dolphins
10/4 8 a.m. 4 Humpback Whales
1 Harbor Porpoise
10/3 2 p.m. 3 Humpback Whales
10/3 12:30 p.m. 3 Humpback Whales
2 Bottlenose Dolphins
2 Harbor Porpoise
10/3 9 a.m. 2 Killer Whales
10/3 8 a.m. 2 Killer Whales
10/2 2 p.m. 4 Killer Whales
10/2 12:30 p.m. 4 Killer Whales
10/2 9 a.m. 2 Humpback Whales
4 Killer Whales
5 Harbor Porpoise
10/2 8 a.m. 3 Humpback Whales
30 Risso’s Dolphins
15 Bottlenose Dolphins
10 Harbor Porpoise
10/2 All day 8 Humpback Whales
4 Killer Whales
15 Harbor Porpoise
10/1 12:30 p.m. 3 Humpback Whales
10/1 9 a.m. 5 Humpback Whales
15 Risso’s Dolphins
1 Harbor Porpoise
10/1 8 a.m. 2 Humpback Whales
50 Risso’s Dolphins
Long-beaked Common Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Oct. 31, 2016) 

Humpback Whale tail and California Sea Lions, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale tail and California Sea Lions
(Oct. 31, 2016)Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (Oct. 29, 2016)

Lunge-feeding Humpback Whale and Long-beaked Common Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Lunge-feeding Humpback Whale and
Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Oct. 28, 2016)

Long-beaked Common Dolphin and California Sea Lion, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphin and
California Sea Lion (Oct. 28, 2016)

Humpback Whale lunge feeding on anchovies, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale lunge feeding on anchovies
(Oct. 24, 2016)

HumpbackWhale close to shore, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
HumpbackWhale close to shore (Oct. 24, 2016)

Fin Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Fin Whale (Oct. 23, 2016)

Northern Right Whale Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Northern Right Whale Dolphins (Oct. 23, 2016)

Humpback Whales at sunset, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whales at sunset (Oct. 22, 2016)

Humpback Whale at sunset, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale at sunset (Oct. 22, 2016)

Killer Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whales (Oct. 22, 2016)

Peaceful harbor in early morning, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Peaceful harbor in early morning (Oct. 22, 2016)

Risso's Dolphin mother and calf, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso’s Dolphin mother and calf (Oct. 21, 2016)

Pacific White-sided Dolphin and Risso's Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Pacific White-sided Dolphin and Risso’s Dolphin
(Oct. 22, 2016)

Risso's Dolphins by the Aquarium, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso’s Dolphins by the Aquarium (Oct. 17, 2016)

California Sea Otter, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
California Sea Otter (Oct. 17, 2016)

Humpback Whale Kelping, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale Kelping (Oct. 17, 2016)

Tufted Puffin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Tufted Puffin (Oct. 17, 2016)

Risso's Dolphin with Monterey Bay Aquarium, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso’s Dolphin with Monterey Bay Aquarium
in background (Oct. 10, 2016)

Risso's Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso’s Dolphins (Oct. 10, 2016)

Fin Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Fin Whale (Oct. 10, 2016)

Beautiful end of a beautiful journey, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Beautiful end of a beautiful journey Oct. 8, 2016)

Humpback Whale tail throw, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale tail throw (Oct. 8, 2016)

Great Blue Heron, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Great Blue Heron (Oct. 8, 2016)

Blue Whale Tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale Tail (Oct. 8, 2016)

Northern Fur Seal, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Northern Fur Seal (Oct. 8, 2016)

Short-beaked Common Dolphin calf, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Short-beaked Common Dolphin calf
with visible fetal folds (Oct. 7, 2016)

Short-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Short-beaked Common Dolphins (Oct. 7, 2016)

Lunge-feeding Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Lunge-feeding Humpback Whale (Oct. 7, 2016)

Great Blue Heron, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Great Blue Heron (Oct. 7, 2016)

California Sea Lion, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
California Sea Lion (Oct. 3, 2016)

Killer Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whales (Oct. 2, 2016)

Sperm Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Sperm Whale (Oct. 1, 2016)
(seen on Monterey Seabirds trip)

All photos © 2016 Daniel Bianchetta

Copyright © 2016 Monterey Bay Whale Watch. No use of the sightings information is permitted without prior approval.

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