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

February 1-29, 2016
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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)

2/29 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  2000      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/29 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  15      Risso's Dolphins

2/28 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales
  1000      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/28 12 noon     Gray Whales
      Killer Whales
  600      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/28 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales
  1000      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/28 8:30 a.m.     Gray Whales

2/27 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  70      Risso's Dolphins

2/27 12 noon     Humpback Whales
  150      Risso's Dolphins

2/27 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/27 8:30 a.m.     Gray Whale
      Humpback Whales
  150      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/26 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Northern Fur Seal

2/26 a.m.     Gray Whales
  13      Humpback Whales
  500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  300      Risso's Dolphins

2/25 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Killer Whales
  500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/25 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales

2/24 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale (friendly)
      Killer Whales
  300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/24 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale
      Killer Whales
  300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/23 p.m. 11      Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/23 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  400      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  20      Risso's Dolphins

2/22 p.m. 11      Gray Whales
  14      Risso's Dolphins

2/22 a.m. 13      Gray Whales

2/21 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales

2/21 12 noon     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale

2/21 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale
      Killer Whales
  200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/21 8:30 a.m.     Gray Whale
      Humpback Whale
      Killer Whales
  400      Short-beaked Common Dolphins

2/20 1:30 p.m. 10      Gray Whales
      Killer Whales

2/20 12 noon     Gray Whales
      Killer Whales
  20      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/20 10 a.m. 12      Gray Whales
      Killer Whales
  300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/20 8:30 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale
  100      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/19 p.m. 10      Gray Whales

2/19 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale
  200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/18 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  100      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/16 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale
  500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/16 a.m.     Gray Whales
  100      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  100      Short-beaked Common Dolphins
  100      Risso's Dolphins

2/15 p.m.     Gray Whales
  10      Risso's Dolphins
      Northern Fur Seal

2/15 a.m. 13      Gray Whales
  700      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  30      Risso's Dolphins

2/14 p.m.     Gray Whales
  350      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/14 a.m.     Killer Whales
  100      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/12 p.m. 13      Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  400      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/12 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales (breaching)
  300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/11 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  100      Short-beaked Common Dolphins

2/11 a.m. 11      Gray Whales
  1500      Short-beaked Common Dolphins

2/10 p.m.     Gray Whales

2/10 a.m.     Gray Whales (1 breaching)
      Fin Whale
  1000      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Bottlenose Dolphins

2/9 p.m.     Gray Whales
  300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  500      Short-beaked Common Dolphins
  15      Dall's Porpoise

2/9 a.m. 12      Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  1000      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/8 p.m. 12      Gray Whales
  1200      Common Dolphins

2/8 a.m. 18      Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale
  400      Common Dolphins

2/7 12 noon 21      Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale
  1000      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/7 10 a.m. 12      Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale
  30      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/6 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale
  1700      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/6 12 noon 18      Gray Whales
  6500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  2000      Short-beaked Common Dolphins

2/6 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale
  1500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/6 8:30 a.m. 16      Gray Whales
  2500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

2/5 p.m. 14      Gray Whales
      Risso's Dolphins

2/5 a.m. 15      Gray Whales
  100      Short-beaked Common Dolphins

2/4 p.m. 15      Gray Whales
  1000      Short-beaked Common Dolphins

2/4 a.m. 12      Gray Whales
  1000      Short-beaked Common Dolphins
  50      Risso's Dolphins

2/3 p.m.     Gray Whales
      BIGG's Killer Whales
      Humpback Whale
  400      Short-beaked Common Dolphins

2/3 a.m.     Gray Whales
  20-25      OFFSHORE Killer Whales
      Humpback Whale
  2000+      Common Dolphins
  Killer Whale and Blackfin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whales (Feb. 28, 2016)

Killer Whale and Blackfin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whales (Feb. 28, 2016)

Tail throwing Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Tail throwing Humpback Whale (Feb. 27, 2016)

Breaching Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Humpback Whale (Feb. 27, 2016)

Killer Whale and Blackfin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whale and Blackfin (Feb. 20, 2016)

Killer Whale upside down, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whale upside-down (Feb. 20, 2016)

Mother and pup Southern Sea Otter, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Mother & pup Southern Sea Otter (Feb. 14, 2016)

Snowy Egret, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Snowy Egret (Feb. 14, 2016)

Killer Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whale (Feb. 14, 2016)

Long-beaked Common Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Feb. 13, 2016)

Black-footed Albatross and Rhinoceros Auklet, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Black-footed Albatross and Rhinoceros Auklet
(Feb. 13, 2016)

Breaching Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Humpback Whale (Feb. 12, 2016)

Female Southern Sea Otter, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Female Southern Sea Otter (Feb. 8, 2016)

Short-beaked Common Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Short-beaked Common Dolphin (Feb. 8, 2016)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (Feb. 8, 2016)

Female Surf Scoter, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Female Surf Scoter (Feb. 7, 2016)

Long-beaked Common Dolphin by Gray Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphin by Gray Whale
(Feb. 6, 2016)

Gray Whale close to shore, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Gray Whale close to shore (Feb. 6, 2016)

Breaching Gray Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Gray Whale (Feb. 6, 2016)


All photos © 2016 Daniel Bianchetta


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