Monterey Bay Whale Watch
List of Marine Mammal Sightings
in the Monterey Bay Region

March 1-31, 2017
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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)

3/29 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Fin Whale
      Risso's Dolphins
    Black-footed Albatross

3/28 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales

3/27 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
    Black-footed Albatross

3/26 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  1000      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  1000      Northern Right Whale Dolphins

3/26 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
  11      Humpback Whales
  600      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  200      Northern Right Whale Dolphins

3/25 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales

3/25 11:30 a.m.     Gray Whales (Pink Floyd)
  20      Risso's Dolphins

3/25 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
  24      Northern Right Whale Dolphins

3/25 8 a.m.     Gray Whales (mating)
      Humpback Whales (lunge feeding)
      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  24      Northern Right Whale Dolphins

3/24 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  150    Common Dolphins
  12    Harbor Porpoise

3/24 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales (1 breach)

3/23 1:30 p.m. 12      Gray Whales (mating & friendlies)
      Humpback Whales
  50      Pacific White-sided Dolphins

3/23 10 a.m. 15      Gray Whales (4 mating)
  50      Pacific White-sided Dolphins

3/22 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales

3/22 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
    Black-footed Albatross

3/21 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
    Black-footed Albatross

3/21 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
      Fin Whale
    Laysan Albatross

3/19 3 p.m. 11      Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale
    Black-footed Albatross

3/19 1:30 p.m. 12      Gray Whales (mating behavior)
      Sunfish (Mola Mola)
    Black-footed Albatross

3/19 11:30 a.m.     Gray Whales
    Black-footed Albatross

3/19 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales

3/19 8 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale
    Black-footed Albatross

3/18 3 p.m.     Gray Whales

3/18 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales (1 mother/calf)

3/18 11:30 a.m. 12      Gray Whales
    Black-footed Albatross

3/18 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
  20    Black-footed Albatross

3/18 8 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Killer Whale (Fat Fin)
  100+      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  15    Black-footed Albatross

3/17 1:30 p.m. 14      Gray Whales

3/17 11:30 a.m. 10      Gray Whales

3/17 10 a.m.     Gray Whales

3/17 8 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales

3/16 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales (possibly mating)
      Humpback Whales

3/16 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
      Killer Whale

3/15 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  15    Black-footed Albatross

3/15 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
    Harbor Porpoise

3/14 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  20    Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/14 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Killer Whales

3/13 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales

3/13 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Dall's Porpoise

3/12 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Harbor Porpoise

3/12 11:30 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale
  100+    Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/12 10 a.m. 16      Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale

3/12 8 a.m.     Gray Whales (3 pair mating behavior)
  60+      Pacific White-sided Dolphins

3/11 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales

3/11 11:30 a.m.     Humpback Whale
  100    Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/11 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  150    Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/11 8 a.m. 20      Pacific White-sided Dolphins

3/9 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales

3/9 10 a.m. 25      Gray Whales
  200      Pacific White-sided Dolphins

3/8 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales

3/8 10 a.m. 10      Gray Whales

3/7 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Killer Whales

3/7 10 a.m.     Gray Whales

3/6 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales

3/6 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale
  500-700      Pacific White-sided Dolphins

3/4 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  40    Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/4 11:30 a.m.     Gray Whales
  60    Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/4 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale
  60    Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/4 8 a.m.     Gray Whales
  60    Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/3 10 a.m.     Gray Whales

3/2 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales

3/2 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Killer Whale

3/1 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales

3/1 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  450      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  75      Northern Right Whale Dolphins
  

California Brown Pelican with Anchovies, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
California Brown Pelican with Anchovies
(March 26, 2017)

Humpback Whales lunge feeding, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whales lunge feeding (March 25, 2017)

Friendly Gray Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Friendly Gray Whales (March 23, 2017)

Gray Whale with eye visible, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Gray Whale (Note eye - March 19, 2017)

Great Blue Heron, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Great Blue Heron (March 19, 2017)

Gray Whale tail with Killer Whale rake marks, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Gray Whale tail with Killer Whale rake marks
(March 18, 2017)

Male Killer Whale breaching, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Male Killer Whale breaching (March 18, 2017)

Clark's Grebe, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Clark's Grebe (March 16, 2017)

Southern Sea Otter eating a crab, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otter eating a crab (March 15, 2017)

Killer Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whales (March 14, 2017)

Humpback Whale tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale tail (March 12, 2017)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (March 12, 2017)

Snowy Egret, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Snowy Egret (March 9, 2017)

Gray Whale and Pacific White-sided Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Gray Whale and Pacific White-sided Dolphin
(March 9, 2017)

Breaching Gray Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Gray Whale (March 8, 2017)

Male Killer Whale and Black-footed Albatross, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Male Killer Whale and Black-footed Albatross
(March 2, 2017)

Southern Sea Otter mother and pup eating sand dollars, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otter mother and pup
eating sand dollars (March 1, 2017)

Pacific White-sided Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Pacific White-sided Dolphin (March 1, 2017)


All photos © 2017 Daniel Bianchetta



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