Monterey Bay Whale Watch Marine Mammal Sightings List March 2018

Monterey Bay Whale Watch
List of Marine Mammal Sightings
in the Monterey Bay Region
March 1-31, 2018

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)
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3/31 3:30 p.m.	3	Gray Whales
	4	Humpback Whales

3/31 3 p.m.	6	Humpback Whales
	20	Harbor Porpoise

3/31 2 p.m.	12	Humpback Whales

3/31 12:30 p.m.	2	Gray Whales
	5	Humpback Whales
	40	Risso’s Dolphins

3/31 11:30 a.m.	5	Gray Whales
	7	Killer Whales

3/31 10 a.m.	8	Gray Whales
	1	Humpback Whale
	7	Killer Whales
	13	Black-footed Albatross

3/31 9 a.m.	4	Humpback Whales
	7	Killer Whales
	800	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	15	Harbor Porpoise
	20	Black-footed Albatross

3/31 8 a.m.	7	Humpback Whales
	800	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	20	Harbor Porpoise

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

3/30 11:30 a.m.	16	Humpback Whales (lunge feeding)
	20	Harbor Porpoise

3/30 10 a.m.	4	Gray Whales
	6	Humpback Whales
	15	Harbor Porpoise
	1	Black-footed Albatross

3/30 8 a.m.	2	Gray Whales
	11	Humpback Whales
	15	Harbor Porpoise

3/29 1:30 p.m.	3	Gray Whales
	8	Humpback Whales
	600	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	10	Harbor Porpoise

3/29 11:30 a.m.	8	Humpback Whales
	45	Harbor Porpoise

3/29 10 a.m.	3	Gray Whales
	6	Humpback Whales
	200	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	2	Harbor Porpoise

3/29 8 a.m.	1	Gray Whale
	3	Humpback Whales
	1,000	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	25	Northern Right Whale Dolphins
	3	Black-footed Albatross

3/28 1:30 p.m.	3	Gray Whales
	3	Humpback Whales
	1	Harbor Porpoise

3/28 11:30 a.m.	1	Gray Whale
	4	Humpback Whales
	3	Harbor Porpoise

3/28 10 a.m.	5	Humpback Whales
	1	Harbor Porpoise
	1	Black-footed Albatross

3/28 8 a.m.	1	Gray Whale
	2	Humpback Whales
	5	Bottlenose Dolphins

3/27 11:30 a.m.	9	Humpback Whales
	15	Harbor Porpoise

3/27 10 a.m.	2	Gray Whales
	3	Humpback Whales
	200	Risso’s Dolphins

3/27 8 a.m.	4	Gray Whales
	120	Risso’s Dolphins
	3	Black-footed Albatross

3/26 10 a.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	70	Risso’s Dolphins

3/26 8 a.m.	3	Humpback Whales (tail lobs)
	70	Risso’s Dolphins

3/25 1:30 p.m.	2	Gray Whales (mating)
	2	Humpback Whales

3/25 11:30 a.m.	5	Gray Whales
	3	Humpback Whales
	20	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	12	Northern right Whale Dolphins

3/25 10 a.m.	4	Gray Whales (mating)
	18	Humpback Whales
	1,200	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	1,000	Northern right Whale Dolphins

3/25 8 a.m.	10	Humpback Whales

3/24 3 p.m.	11	Humpback Whales

3/24 1:30 p.m.	6	Humpback Whales

3/24 11:30 a.m.	11	Humpback Whales
	2	Harbor Porpoise

3/24 10 a.m.	10	Gray Whales
	4	Black-footed Albatross

3/24 8 a.m.	4	Gray Whales
	12	Humpback Whales
	2	Harbor Porpoise

3/23 1:30 p.m.	11	Humpback Whales
	4	Gray Whales

3/23 11:30 a.m.	14	Humpback Whales
	9	Gray Whales
	1	Black-footed Albatross

3/23 10 a.m.	11	Humpback Whales, amazing bait ball with Anchovies at the surface

3/23 8 a.m.	22	Humpback Whales
	3	Gray Whales

3/21 11:30 a.m.	11	Humpback Whales

3/21 10 a.m.	14	Humpback Whales
	30	Common Dolphins

3/20 10 a.m.	10	Humpback Whales (lunge feeding!)
	3	Bottlenose Dolphins

3/19 1:30 p.m.	2	Gray Whales
	5	Humpback Whales

3/19 11:30 a.m.	3	Gray Whales
	6	Humpback Whales

3/19 10 a.m.	2	Gray Whales
	5	Humpback Whales
	40	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	1	Black-footed Albatross

3/18 1:30 p.m.	7	Humpback Whales
	25	Risso’s Dolphins
	3	Harbor Porpoise

3/18 10 a.m.	9	Gray Whales
	70	Risso’s Dolphins
	1	Black-footed Albatross

3/18 8 a.m.	10	Gray Whales
All Day	10	Humpback Whales
	75	Risso’s Dolphins
	100	Harbor Porpoise

3/17 1:30 p.m.	14	Gray Whales (5 mating)

3/17 11:30 a.m.	6	Gray Whales
	40	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	2	Black-footed Albatross

3/17 10 a.m.	12	Gray Whales
	4	Killer Whales
	15	Black-footed Albatross

3/17 8 a.m.	5	Gray Whales
All Day	1	Black-footed Albatross

3/16 1:30 p.m.	8	Gray Whales
	5	Black-footed Albatross

3/16 10 a.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	1	Black-footed Albatross

3/15 10 a.m.	9	Gray Whales

3/13 1:30 p.m.	5	Humpback Whales (several breaches)
	2	Black-footed Albatross

3/13 11:30 a.m.	2	Gray Whales (100+ breaches!)
	1	Black-footed Albatross

3/12 1:30 p.m.	5	Humpback Whales

3/12 11:30 a.m.	8	Gray Whales
	25	Risso’s Dolphins
	2	Black-footed Albatross
	1	Tufted Puffin!

3/12 10 a.m.	14	Gray Whales
	400	Northern Right-whale Dolphins
	1	Black-footed Albatross

3/11 3 p.m.	1	Gray Whale
	2	Humpback Whales
	50	Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/11 1:30 p.m.	5	Gray Whales
	200	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	200	Northern Right Whale Dolphins

3/11 11:30 a.m.	5	Gray Whales

3/11 10 a.m.	15	Gray Whales
	2	Humpback Whales
	2	Fin Whales
	100	Pacific White-sided Dolphins

3/11 8 a.m.	2	Gray Whales
	15	Humpback Whales
	800	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	30	Northern Right Whale Dolphins

3/10 1:30 p.m.	2	Gray Whales
	75	Common Dolphins
	3	Harbor Porpoise

3/10 11 a.m.	5	Gray Whales
	300	Common Dolphins

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

3/10 8 a.m.	3	Gray Whales
	1	Humpback Whale

3/9 1:30 p.m.	3	Gray Whales
	1	Humpback Whales
	800	Pacific White-sided Dolphins and Northern Right Whale Dolphins

3/9 11:30 a.m.	2	Humpback Whales

3/9 10 a.m.	3	Humpback Whales (2 friendlies)

3/8 1:30 p.m.	6	Gray Whales
	14	Humpback Whales
	550	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	500	Northern Right Whale Dolphins
	500	Risso’s Dolphins
	3	Black-footed Albatross

3/8 10 a.m.	12	Gray Whales
	8	Humpback Whales
	1000	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	8	Bottlenose Dolphins

3/7 1:30 p.m.	1	Gray Whale
	3	Humpback Whales
	4	Fin Whales
	50	Pacific White-sided Dolphins

3/7 10 a.m.	8	Gray Whales
	3	Humpback Whales
	4	Fin Whales
	250	Pacific White-sided Dolphins

3/6 1:30 p.m.	7	Gray Whales
	60	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	20	Northern Right Whale Dolphins

3/6 10 a.m.	4	Gray Whales
	8	Fin Whales
	60	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	20	Northern Right Whale Dolphins
	1	Blue Shark
	1	Black-footed Albatross

3/5 1:30 p.m.	14	Gray Whales
	2	Fin Whales
	30	Pacific White-sided dolphins

3/5 10 a.m.	2	Gray Whales
	2	Fin Whales
	70	Risso’s Dolphins

3/4 1:30 p.m.	14	Gray Whales
	300	Risso’s Dolphins
	1	Black-footed Albatross

3/4 11:30 a.m.	13	Gray Whales
	1	Humpback Whale
	600	Pacific White-sided Dolphins
	500	Risso’s Dolphins

3/4 10 a.m.	5	Gray Whales
	1	Humpback Whale
	500	Risso’s Dolphins
	1	Black-footed Albatross

3/4 8 a.m.	9	Gray Whales
	300	Risso’s Dolphins

3/3 11:30 a.m.	8	Gray Whales

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

3/3 8 a.m.	5	Gray Whales

3/2 1:30 p.m.	3	Humpback Whales

3/2 10 a.m.	3	really active Humpback Whales

Humpback Whale breaching (March 31, 2018)
Anatomy of a Humpback Breach – I

Humpback Whale breaching (March 31, 2018)
Anatomy of a Humpback Breach – II

Humpback Whale breaching (March 31, 2018)
Anatomy of a Humpback Breach – III

Humpback Whale breaching (March 31, 2018)
Anatomy of a Humpback Breach – IV

Humpback Whale breaching (March 31, 2018)
Anatomy of a Humpback Breach – V

Killer Whale (March 31, 2018)

Humpback Whale starting a tail throw
(March 27, 2018)

(left) Steller Sea Lion, California Sea Lion (right)
(March 26, 2018)

Risso’s Dolphins, the original surfers
(March 26, 2018)

a pair of Gray Whales (March 25, 2018)

Pigeon Guillemots (March 25, 2018)

Humpback tail throw (March 24, 2018)

Humpback Whales lunge feeding (note Anchovies)
(March 23, 2018)

Humpback Whale Tail (March 23, 2018)

Southern Sea Otter mom & pup and a Gull
(March 19, 2018)

Kelping Gray Whale (March 19, 2018)

California Sea Lion (March 19, 2018)

Risso’s Dolphin tail slap (March 18, 2018)

Black-footed Albatross and Killer Whale
(March 17, 2018)

Killer Whales (March 17, 2018)

Humpback Whales Breaching (March 13, 2018)

California Sea Lion, California Gull,
Brandt’s Cormorant, Snowy Egret (March 12, 2018)

Southern Sea Otter (March 12, 2018)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins (March 10, 2018)

Humpback Whale Breaching (March 9, 2018)

Northern Right Whale Dolphin and
Pacific White-sided Dolphin
(March 9, 2018)

Loon eating a crab (March 8, 2018)

Humpback Whale lunge feeding (note anchovies)
(March 8, 2018)

Fin Whales (March 6, 2018)

Pacific White-sided Dolphin (March 6, 2018)

Pacific White-sided Dolphin and Gray Whale
(March 6, 2018)

Gray Whale (March 4, 2018)

Humpback Whale breaching (March 2, 2018)

All photos © 2018 Daniel Bianchetta

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