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

March 1-31, 2018
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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)

3/31 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, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale breaching (March 31, 2018)
Anatomy of a Humpback Breach - I

Humpback Whale Breaching, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale breaching (March 31, 2018)
Anatomy of a Humpback Breach - II

Humpback Whale Breaching, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale breaching (March 31, 2018)
Anatomy of a Humpback Breach - III

Humpback Whale Breaching, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale breaching (March 31, 2018)
Anatomy of a Humpback Breach - IV

Humpback Whale Breaching, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale breaching (March 31, 2018)
Anatomy of a Humpback Breach - V

Killer Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whale (March 31, 2018)

Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale starting a tail throw
(March 27, 2018)

Steller and California Sea Lions, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
(left) Steller Sea Lion, California Sea Lion (right)
(March 26, 2018)

Risso's Dolphins surfing, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso's Dolphins, the original surfers
(March 26, 2018)

Gray Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
a pair of Gray Whales (March 25, 2018)

Pigeon Guillemots, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Pigeon Guillemots (March 25, 2018)

Humpback whale tail throw, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback tail throw (March 24, 2018)

Humpback Whales lunge feeding, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whales lunge feeding (note Anchovies)
(March 23, 2018)

Humpback Whale Tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale Tail (March 23, 2018)

Southern Sea Otter Mom Pup and a Gull, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otter mom & pup and a Gull
(March 19, 2018)

Risso's Dolphin tail slap, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Kelping Gray Whale (March 19, 2018)

California Sea Lion, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
California Sea Lion (March 19, 2018)

Kelping Gray Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso's Dolphin tail slap (March 18, 2018)

Black-footed Albatross and Killer Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Black-footed Albatross and Killer Whale
(March 17, 2018)

Killer Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whales (March 17, 2018)

Humpback Whales Breaching, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whales Breaching (March 13, 2018)

California Sea Lion, California Gull, Brandt’s Cormorant, Snowy Egret, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
California Sea Lion, California Gull,
Brandt's Cormorant, Snowy Egret (March 12, 2018)

Southern Sea Otter, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otter (March 12, 2018)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (March 10, 2018)

Humpback Whale Breaching, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale Breaching (March 9, 2018)

Northern Right Whale Dolphin and Pacific White-sided Dolphi, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Northern Right Whale Dolphin and
Pacific White-sided Dolphin
(March 9, 2018)

Loon eating a crab, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Loon eating a crab (March 8, 2018)

Humpback Whale Lunge Feeding, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale lunge feeding (note anchovies)
(March 8, 2018)

Fin Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Fin Whales (March 6, 2018)

Pacific White-sided Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Pacific White-sided Dolphin (March 6, 2018)

Pacific White-sided Dolphin and Gray Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Pacific White-sided Dolphin and Gray Whale
(March 6, 2018)

Gray Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Gray Whale (March 4, 2018)

Humpback Whale breaching, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale breaching (March 2, 2018)




All photos © 2018 Daniel Bianchetta



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