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MONTEREY BAY WHALE WATCH MARINE MAMMAL SIGHTINGS LIST 10/26-12/25/97

MARINE MAMMAL SIGHTINGS IN THE MONTEREY BAY REGION

Monterey Bay Whale Watch

List of Marine Mammal Sightings in the Monterey Bay Region 

October 26 – December 25, 1997

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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. California Sea Lions, Harbor Seals, and Southern Sea Otters, which are seen on all whale watching trips, are not included in the list.

Date # Type of Animal(s)

12/23 1200 Short Beaked Common Dolphins
6 Gray Whales

12/22 25 Risso’s Dolphins
1000 Short Beaked Common Dolphins

12/20 5 Gray Whales

12/18 2 Gray Whales

12/17 1 Gray Whale
150 Risso’s Dolphins
800 Short Beaked Common Dolphins

12/13 2 Gray Whales
2000 Long Beaked Common Dolphins
500 Short Beaked Common Dolphins

12/11 2 Northern Fur Seals

11/30 700 Common Dolphins
2000 Long Beaked Common Dolphins
1000 Short Beaked Common Dolphins

11/29 10 Dall’s Porpoise
500 Risso’s Dolphins
     with
100 Northern Right Whale Dolphins
     with
20 Pacific White-Sided Dolphins
2 Killer Whales
1 Northern Fur Seal

11/28 3500 Long Beaked Common Dolphins
300 Short Beaked Common Dolphins
1 Minke Whale

11/25 2 Humpback Whales
2 Killer Whales
8 Dall’s Porpoise
500 Long Beaked Common Dolphins
1 Elephant Seal

11/23 300 Risso’s Dolphins
     with
30 Northern Right Whale Dolphins
800 Short Beaked Common Dolphins

11/21 1 Gray Whale
4 Killer Whales
50 Risso’s Dolphins

11/20 1200 Long Beaked Common Dolphins
20 Risso’s Dolphins
100 Pacific White-Sided Dolphins
2000 Long Beaked Common Dolphins

11/18 6 Humpback Whales
1 Gray Whale
20 Risso’s Dolphins
4 Cuvier’s Beaked Whale
1000 Common Dolphins
14 Pacific White-Sided Dolphins

11/16 1 Sperm Whale
30 Dall’s Porpoise

11/14 19 Humpback Whales
2000 Common Dolphins

11/12    40-50 Killer Whales
8 Risso’s Dolphins

11/11 1 Minke Whale
40 Risso’s Dolphins
8 Long Beaked Common Dolphins
5 Pacific White-Sided Dolphins
1 Elephant Seal
4 Northern Fur Seals

11/9 5 Humpback Whales
3 Sperm Whales
1000 Common Dolphins
60 Short Beaked Common Dolphins
1500 Long Beaked Common Dolphins
1 Northern Fur Seal

11/8 2 Humpback Whales
20 Risso’s Dolphins
1 Gray Whale
1 Elephant Seal

11/6 1 Killer Whale
170 Pacific White-Sided Dolphins
1000 Long Beaked Common Dolphins
5 Dall’s Porpoise
1 Elephant Seal

11/5 2 Humpback Whales
20 Risso’s Dolphins
700 Long Beaked Common Dolphins

11/4 2 Killer Whales
300 Short Beaked Common Dolphins
100 Pacific White-Sided Dolphins

11/2 1 Humpback Whale
     with
2000 Short Beaked Common Dolphins
600 Long Beaked Common Dolphins
150 Risso’s Dolphins
     with
10 Northern Right Whale Dolphins
6 Pacific White-Sided Dolphins
1 Northern Fur Seal

11/1 1 Gray Whale
40 Risso’s Dolphins
1500 Long Beaked Common Dolphins

10/30 6 Baird’s Beaked Whales
3 Killer Whales
6 Dall’s Porpoise
700 Short Beaked Common Dolphins

10/28 100 Risso’s Dolphins
     with
100 Northern Right Whale Dolphins
  2000 Short Beaked Common Dolphins
2500 Long Beaked Common Dolphins

10/27 650 Short Beaked Common Dolphins
8 Dall’s Porpoise
1 Blue Whale
1 Northern Fur Seal
1 Elephant Seal

10/26 1 Minke Whale
40 Killer Whales
50 Risso’s Dolphins
10 Dall’s Porpoise
20 Pacific White-Sided Dolphins
1 Northern Fur Seal

Sightings for this period from B. Cutting, J. Jones, D. Lemon, N. Lemon, B. Lucas, Monterey Bay Whale Watch, H. Neece, L. Oliver, R. Ortiz, Shearwater Journeys, R. Ternullo, J. Williamson, W. Williamson.

No use of the sightings information is permitted without prior approval.

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Last updated January 8, 1998