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

July 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)

7/31 5:30 p.m. 29      Humpback Whales

7/31 2 p.m. 65      Humpback Whales
  10      Harbor Porpoise

7/31 9 a.m. 26      Humpback Whales
  10      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  35    Risso's Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
    Black-footed Albatross

7/31 8 a.m. 16      Humpback Whales
  10      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  60    Risso's Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise
    Black-footed Albatross

7/30 4:30 p.m. 17      Humpback Whales

7/30 2 p.m. 16      Humpback Whales

7/30 1 p.m. 14      Humpback Whales
    Risso's Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise

7/30 9 a.m. 20      Humpback Whales

7/30 8 a.m. 30      Humpback Whales
  14      Dall's Porpoise

7/30 8 a.m. All Day 32      Humpback Whales

7/29 5:30 p.m. 18      Humpback Whales (lunge feeding)

7/29 4:30 p.m. 16      Humpback Whales

7/29 2 p.m. 18      Humpback Whales

7/29 1 p.m. 18      Humpback Whales
  12    Risso's Dolphins

7/29 9 a.m. 12      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
    Black-footed Albatross

7/29 8 a.m. 16      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
  75    Risso's Dolphins
    Black-footed Albatross

7/29 8 a.m. All Day 30      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whale
  400    Risso's Dolphins
  10    Black-footed Albatross

7/28 2 p.m. 15      Humpback Whales (lunge-feeding frenzy)

7/28 1 p.m. 15      Humpback Whales

7/28 10 a.m. 33      Humpback Whales

7/28 9 a.m. 12      Humpback Whales (breaching)
  40    Risso's Dolphins
    Black-footed Albatross

7/28 8 a.m. 10      Humpback Whales
  50    Risso's Dolphins
  25      Dall's Porpoise
    Black-footed Albatross

7/27 4:30 p.m. 15      Humpback Whales (2 breaching & 1 baby breaching)

7/27 2 p.m. 24      Humpback Whales

7/27 1 p.m. 18      Humpback Whales
      Dall's Porpoise
    Black-footed Albatross

7/27 9 a.m. 35      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale (hiding in the fog)

7/27 8 a.m. 36      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
    Risso's Dolphins
      Dall's Porpoise

7/27 8 a.m. All Day 64      Humpback Whales (lots of breaching)
    Risso's Dolphins
  10      Harbor Porpoise
      Dall's Porpoise

7/26 5:30 p.m. 29      Humpback Whales
  12    Risso's Dolphins
      Dall's Porpoise

7/26 4:30 p.m. 37      Humpback Whales
  22    Risso's Dolphins

7/26 2 p.m. 40      Humpback Whales
  10    Risso's Dolphins
      Dall's Porpoise
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
      Swarm of Jellyfish

7/26 1 p.m. 21      Humpback Whales
      Dall's Porpoise
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/26 9 a.m. 48      Humpback Whales
      Minke Whales
    Risso's Dolphins
      Dall's Porpoise
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/26 8 a.m. 57      Humpback Whales
  20      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  145    Risso's Dolphins
  16      Dall's Porpoise
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/25 5:30 p.m. 30      Humpback Whales
  500      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  75    Risso's Dolphins

7/25 4:30 p.m. 30      Humpback Whales
  500      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
    Black-footed Albatross

7/25 2 p.m. 20      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
  500      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  50    Risso's Dolphins
      Dall's Porpoise

7/25 1 p.m. 25      Humpback Whales
  300      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
      Dall's Porpoise

7/25 10 a.m. 25      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
  500      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
    Risso's Dolphins
  50    Northern Right Whale Dolphins
  10      Dall's Porpoise
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
    Black-footed Albatross

7/25 9 a.m. 30      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
  250      Pacific White-sided Dolphins

7/25 8 a.m. 50      Humpback Whales
  400      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  75    Northern Right Whale Dolphins

7/24 4:30 p.m. 25      Humpback Whales

7/24 2 p.m. 27      Humpback Whales

7/24 1 p.m. 20      Humpback Whales

7/24 10 a.m. 17      Humpback Whales
  20    Risso's Dolphins

7/24 9 a.m. 23      Humpback Whales
  20    Risso's Dolphins

7/24 8 a.m. 16      Humpback Whales
  30    Risso's Dolphins

7/23 5:30 p.m. 10      Humpback Whales

7/23 4:30 p.m. 10      Humpback Whales

7/23 2 p.m. 16      Humpback Whales

7/23 1 p.m. 16      Humpback Whales

7/23 10 a.m. 26      Humpback Whales

7/23 9 a.m. 13      Humpback Whales
    Risso's Dolphins
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/23 8 a.m. 14      Humpback Whales
    Black-footed Albatross
    Tufted Puffin

7/22 5:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
  40    Risso's Dolphins

7/22 2 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Harbor Porpoise

7/22 1 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales

7/22 9 a.m. 10      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
  60      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  40    Risso's Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise
    Northern Fur Seal
    Black-footed Albatross

7/22 8 a.m. 13      Humpback Whales
  30    Risso's Dolphins
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/22 8 a.m. All Day 21      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
  200      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  250    Risso's Dolphins
  150    Northern Right Whale Dolphins
  10      Harbor Porpoise

7/21 2 p.m. 15      Humpback Whales
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/21 1 p.m.     Humpback Whales

7/21 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
  30    Risso's Dolphins

7/21 9 a.m. 22      Humpback Whales
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/21 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  15    Risso's Dolphins
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/20 2 p.m.     Humpback Whales

7/20 1 p.m. 10      Humpback Whales
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/20 9 a.m. 14      Humpback Whales
      Harbor Porpoise

7/20 8 a.m. 17      Humpback Whales
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/19 2 p.m. 28      Humpback Whales
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/19 1 p.m. 18      Humpback Whales

7/19 9 a.m. 25      Humpback Whales
  12      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  80    Risso's Dolphins
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
    Black-footed Albatross

7/19 8 a.m. 26      Humpback Whales
  30      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  75    Risso's Dolphins
    Black-footed Albatross

7/18 9 a.m. 24      Humpback Whales (breaching & pec slaps)
    Risso's Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/18 8 a.m. 15      Humpback Whales

7/17 1 p.m. 15      Humpback Whales

7/17 9 a.m. 39      Humpback Whales
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/17 8 a.m. 20      Humpback Whales
  10    Risso's Dolphins

7/16 2 p.m. 30      Humpback Whales (breaching & lunge feeding)

7/16 1 p.m. 30      Humpback Whales (breaching & lunge feeding)

7/16 9 a.m. 30      Humpback Whales (breaching & lunge feeding)
  75    Risso's Dolphins
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/16 8 a.m. 30      Humpback Whales (breaching & lunge feeding)

7/16 8 a.m. All Day 42      Humpback Whales (breaching & lunge feeding)
  100    Risso's Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise
    Great White Sharks

7/15 2 p.m. 20      Humpback Whales

7/15 1 p.m. 18      Humpback Whales

7/15 9 a.m. 14      Humpback Whales
      Harbor Porpoise
      Smack of Sea Nettles

7/15 8 a.m. 15      Humpback Whales
  15    Risso's Dolphins
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/15 8 a.m. All Day 13      Humpback Whales
  18    Risso's Dolphins
    Great White Sharks

7/14 5:30 p.m. 11      Humpback Whales
      Harbor Porpoise
      Swarm of Sea Nettle Jellyfish

7/14 2 p.m. 12      Humpback Whales
      Harbor Porpoise

7/14 1 p.m. 10      Humpback Whales
    Risso's Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/14 9 a.m. 13      Humpback Whales
      Harbor Porpoise
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/14 8 a.m. 12      Humpback Whales
      Minke Whale
  12    Risso's Dolphins
    Black-footed Albatross

7/13 5:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales (breaching)

7/13 2 p.m.     Humpback Whales (breaching & pec slap)
      Harbor Porpoise

7/13 1 p.m. 13      Humpback Whales
      Harbor Porpoise

7/13 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  10      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
    Risso's Dolphins
    Black-footed Albatross

7/13 9 a.m. 13      Humpback Whales
      Dall's Porpoise
      Large swarms of Jellyfish and Moon Jellies

7/13 8 a.m. 14      Humpback Whales
  12      Dall's Porpoise
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/12 5:30 p.m. 14      Humpback Whales
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/12 2 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
  25    Risso's Dolphins

7/12 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  80    Risso's Dolphins
  20    Northern Right Whale Dolphins
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
    Black-footed Albatross

7/12 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
  20    Risso's Dolphins
      Dall's Porpoise
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/12 8 a.m. 13      Humpback Whales (2 friendlies)
      Blue Whale
  61    Risso's Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise
    Black-footed Albatross

7/11 5:30 p.m. 10      Humpback Whales
    Bottlenose Dolphins

7/11 2 p.m. 12      Humpback Whales
  10      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  30    Risso's Dolphins

7/11 1 p.m.     Humpback Whales

7/11 9 a.m. 14      Humpback Whales
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
    Black-footed Albatross

7/11 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  60      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  20    Risso's Dolphins
    Bottlenose Dolphins
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
    Black-footed Albatross

7/10 2 p.m.     Humpback Whales
  20    Risso's Dolphins
    Black-footed Albatross

7/10 1 p.m.     Humpback Whales
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/10 9 a.m. 10      Humpback Whales
  20    Risso's Dolphins
    Bottlenose Dolphins
    Black-footed Albatross

7/10 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
    Black-footed Albatross

7/9 2 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales

7/9 1 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
    Black-footed Albatross

7/9 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
    Black-footed Albatross

7/9 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
    Black-footed Albatross

7/9 8 a.m. All Day     Humpback Whales
  12      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  100    Risso's Dolphins
  11    Black-footed Albatross
    Tufted Puffin

7/8 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Harbor Porpoise

7/8 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales

7/8 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
  200      Pacific White-sided Dolphins

7/7 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  80    Risso's Dolphins
  10    Northern Right Whale Dolphins
    Black-footed Albatross

7/7 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  20      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  30    Risso's Dolphins
    Black-footed Albatross

7/7 8 a.m.     Humpback Whale
  60    Risso's Dolphins

7/6 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
    Black-footed Albatross

7/6 8 a.m.     Humpback Whale
      Blue Whale
      Harbor Porpoise
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
    Black-footed Albatross

7/6 8 a.m. All Day     Humpback Whale
      Blue Whale
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/5 1 p.m.     Humpback Whale
  20    Risso's Dolphins
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
    Black-footed Albatross

7/5 9 a.m.     Humpback Whale
      Blue Whales
  30    Risso's Dolphins
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
    Leatherback Sea Turtle

7/5 8 a.m.     Humpback Whale
      Blue Whales
  25    Risso's Dolphins
    Harbor Porpoise
    Leatherback Sea Turtle

7/4 5:30 p.m.     Blue Whales
  50    Risso's Dolphins
  100,000+    Sea Nettle Jellies and Moon Jellies

7/4 2 p.m.     Blue Whales
  50    Risso's Dolphins
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/4 1 p.m.     Blue Whales
  50    Risso's Dolphins
    Northern Fur Seals
  10    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
    Black-footed Albatross

7/4 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  200    Risso's Dolphins
  20    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
    Leatherback Sea Turtle

7/4 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  100      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  100    Risso's Dolphins
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/4 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  100      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  100    Risso's Dolphins
      Steller Sea Lion
    Northern Fur Seal
    Black-footed Albatross
    Peregrine Falcon

7/3 5:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
  20      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  55    Risso's Dolphins
  20    Northern Right Whale Dolphins
    Black-footed Albatross

7/3 2 p.m.     Humpback Whales
  40      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  120    Risso's Dolphins
  40    Northern Right Whale Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise
    Northern Fur Seal
    Leatherback Sea Turtle

7/3 1 p.m.     Humpback Whales
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
    Leatherback Sea Turtle

7/3 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales
  20    Risso's Dolphins
    Leatherback Sea Turtle

7/3 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
  30    Risso's Dolphins
    Black-footed Albatross

7/3 8 a.m.     Humpback Whale
      Killer Whales
  30    Risso's Dolphins
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
    Black-footed Albatross

7/2 5:30 p.m.     Blue Whales
  60    Risso's Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise

7/2 2 p.m.     Humpback Whale
      Blue Whales

7/2 1 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
    BIG Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/2 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales
  50      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  100    Risso's Dolphins

7/2 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
  15      Dall's Porpoise
      Steller Sea Lion

7/2 8 a.m. All Day     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
      Killer Whales
      Harbor Porpoise

7/1 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Harbor Porpoise
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
    Black-footed Albatross

7/1 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
    Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
    Black-footed Albatross

  

Humpback Whale lunge-feeding, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale lunge-feeding (July 31, 2017)

Upside-down Humpback Whale and Gull with Anchovy, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Upside-down Humpback Whale and
Gull with Anchovy (July 31, 2017)

Dall's Porpoise, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Dall's Porpoise (July 28, 2017)

Great Blue Heron, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Great Blue Heron (July 28, 2017)

Breaching Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Humpback Whale (July 27, 2017)

Southern Sea Otters, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otters (July 27, 2017)

3 Humpback Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
3 Humpback Whales (July 27, 2017)

Humpback Whales and Monastery, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whales and Monastery (July 25, 2017)

Black-crowned Night Herons, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Black-crowned Night Herons (July 25, 2017)

Pacific White-sided Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Pacific White-sided Dolphins (July 25, 2017)

California Sea Lion, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
California Sea Lion (July 25, 2017)

Breaching Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Humpback Whale (July 24, 2017)

Chin-slapping Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Chin-slapping Humpback Whale (July 24, 2017)

Humpback Whales lunge-feeding, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whales lunge-feeding (July 20, 2017)

Risso's Dolphins by squid boat, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso's Dolphins by squid boat (July 20, 2017)

Humpback Whale tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale tail (July 19, 2017)

Humpback Whale with California Sea Lions, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale with California Sea Lions
(July 17, 2017)

Lunge-feeding Humpback Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Lunge-feeding Humpback Whales (July 17, 2017)

Great White Shark, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Great White Shark (July 15, 2017)

Harbor Seal, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Harbor Seal (July 15, 2017)

Risso's Dolphin calf, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso's Dolphin calf (July 15, 2017)

Humpback Whale spyhopping, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale spyhopping (July 12, 2017)

Copper Cod, Sea Anemone and Sea Star, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Copper Cod, Sea Anemone & Sea Star -
Ocean garden on pier piling (July 12, 2017)

Humpback Whale calf with tail colors still forming, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale calf with tail colors still forming
(July 12, 2017)

Black-crowned Night Heron, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Black-crowned Night Heron (July 12, 2017)

Humpback Whale tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale tail (July 11, 2017)

Raft of Southern Sea Otters, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Raft of Southern Sea Otters (July 11, 2017)

Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish), photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish - July 10, 2017)

Harbor Seal, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Harbor Seal (July 10, 2017)

Tufted Puffin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Tufted Puffin (July 9, 2017)

2 Pacific White-sided Dolphin mothers with small calves, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
2 Pacific White-sided Dolphin mothers
with small calves (July 9, 2017)

Remora on back of Blue Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Remora on back of Blue Whale (July 8, 2017)

Pigeon Guillemot, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Pigeon Guillemot (July 6, 2017)

Risso's Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso's Dolphins (July 5, 2017)

Great Blue Heron over Brandt's Cormorants, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Great Blue Heron over Brandt's Cormorants
(July 5, 2017)

Sea Nettle Chrysaora, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Sea Nettle Chrysaora (July 5, 2017)

Humpback Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whales (July 4, 2017)

Southern Sea Otter, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otter (July 4, 2017)

Peregrine Falcon, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Peregrine Falcon (Special thanks to our naturalist
Justin Hofman for finding this bird - July 4, 2017)

Steller Sea Lion on buoy, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Steller Sea Lion on buoy (July 4, 2017)

Killer Whale tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whale tail (July 3, 2017)

Killer Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whale (July 3, 2017)

Leatherback Sea Turtle, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Leatherback Sea Turtle (July 3, 2017)

Smack of Moon Jellies, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Smack of Moon Jellies (July 2, 2017)

Killer Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whales (July 2, 2017)

Blue Whale tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale tail (July 2, 2017)

Black-footed Albatross, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Black-footed Albatross (July 2, 2017)

All photos © 2017 Daniel Bianchetta



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