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

November 1-30, 2015
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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)

11/30 p.m.     Humpback Whales
  1600      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/30 a.m. 11      Humpback Whales
      Gray Whale
  600      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Risso's Dolphins

11/29 p.m.     Humpback Whales (lunge feeding)
  650      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/29 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Fin Whales
  350      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  60      Risso's Dolphins

11/28 p.m.     Humpback Whales
  2000      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  40      Risso's Dolphins

11/28 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  1200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  70      Risso's Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise

11/27 2 p.m.     Humpback Whales
  1000      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/27 1 p.m.     Humpback Whales
  800      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/27 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales (1 breached for over an hour)
  800      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/27 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  500      Short-beaked Common Dolphins

11/25 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  100      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/24 a.m.     Humpback Whales

11/23 p.m.     Humpback Whales
  1500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  60      Risso's Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise

11/23 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
      Fin Whales
  2000      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  120      Risso's Dolphins
      Northern Fur Seals

11/22 all day 31      Humpback Whales
  500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  90      Risso's Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise

11/21 p.m. 14      Humpback Whales (8 breaches)
  200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  700      California Sea Lions

11/21 a.m. 22      Humpback Whales
  250      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
  80      Scuba divers

11/20 a.m. 13      Humpback Whales
  1000      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  20      Risso's Dolphins

11/19 a.m. 12      Humpback Whales
  1300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/18 a.m. 18      Humpback Whales
  200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/17 a.m. 24      Humpback Whales (lunge feeding)
  3000      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  50      Risso's Dolphins

11/14 p.m.     Humpback Whales
  400      Common Dolphins

11/14 a.m. 10      Humpback Whales
  500      Common Dolphins

11/13 p.m. 12      Humpback Whales

11/13 a.m. 10      Humpback Whales
  1000      Common Dolphins

11/12 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales
      Fin Whale

11/12 a.m. 21      Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales
  1000      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  600      Short-beaked Common Dolphins

11/11 p.m. 18      Humpback Whales (surface feeding)
      Fin Whale
  100      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/11 a.m. 15      Humpback Whales
  300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
        Harbor Porpoise

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

11/9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  430      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  1000      Short-beaked Common Dolphins

11/8 p.m.     Humpback Whales
  300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/8 a.m. 16      Humpback Whales
  500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise

11/7 p.m. 10      Humpback Whales
  300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/7 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  20      Killer Whales
  800      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  300      Short-beaked Common Dolphins

11/6 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales

11/6 a.m. 10      Humpback Whales
  60      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  500      Short-beaked Common Dolphins
  200      Risso's Dolphins

11/5 p.m. 16      Humpback Whales
  600      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

11/5 a.m. 24      Humpback Whales
      Fin Whale
  400      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  150      Risso's Dolphins

11/1 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Fin Whales

11/1 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Fin Whales
  500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
       
  Lunge-feeding Humpback Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Lunge-feeding Humpback Whales (Nov. 29, 2015)

Fin Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Fin Whale (Nov. 29, 2015)

Breaching Risso's Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Risso's Dolphin (Nov. 29, 2015)

Humpback Whale tail-slapping close to shore, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale tail-slapping close to shore
(Nov. 27, 2015)

Northern Fulmar, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Northern Fulmar (Nov. 27, 2015)

Blue Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale (Nov. 23, 2015)

Mother and pup Southern Sea Otter, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Mother and pup Southern Sea Otter (Nov. 22, 2015)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (Nov. 22, 2015)

Humpback Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whales (Nov. 21, 2015)

Sailboat at sunset, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Sailboat at sunset (Nov. 14, 2015)

Peregrine Falcon, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Peregrine Falcon (Nov. 14, 2015)

Humpback Whale tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale tail (Nov. 13, 2015)

Humpback Whale breaching, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale breaching (Nov. 13, 2015)

Common Loon, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Common Loon (Nov. 9, 2015)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (Nov. 6, 2015)

Fin Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Fin Whale (Nov. 1, 2015 )

  Short-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Short-beaked Common Dolphins (Nov. 7, 2015)

Fin Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whale (Nov. 6, 2015)


All photos © 2015 Daniel Bianchetta


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