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

March 1-31, 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)

3/31 3 p.m.     Humpback Whales

3/31 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
      Fin Whale
      Gray Whales

3/31 noon     Humpback Whales
      Fin Whale
  50      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/31 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
  12      Humpback Whales
      Fin Whale
  100      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/31 8:30 a.m.     Gray Whales (1 cow/calf pair)
      Humpback Whale
  300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/30 1:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales
  200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  50      Harbor Porpoise

3/30 noon     Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales
  30      Pacific White-sided Dolphins

3/30 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales
  200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/30 8:30 a.m.     Gray Whale
      Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales
      Fin Whale
  30      Albatross

3/29 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales
  200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/29 8:30 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Killer Whales
  250      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Black-footed Albatross

3/26 10 a.m.     Gray Whale
      Humpback Whales
  600      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise

3/26 8:30 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales

3/25 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
  750      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/25 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
(6-hr trip)     Killer Whales
  500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/25 8:30 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales
  100      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/24 noon     Humpback Whale
      Killer Whales
  100      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/24 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Killer Whales
      Minke Whale
  500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise

3/24 8:30 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/23 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  1000+      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/23 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales
  300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/23 8:30 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  350      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/22 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  150      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Olive-Ridley Turtle

3/22 8:30 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale

3/20 1:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales
  50      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/20 noon     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
      Black-footed Albatross

3/20 10 a.m.     Gray Whale
      Humpback Whales
  80      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/20 8:30 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Black-footed Albatross

3/19 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales
  200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  85      Risso's Dolphins

3/19 noon     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  150      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  50      Risso's Dolphins

3/19 10 a.m.     Gray Whale
  14      Humpback Whales
  80      Risso's Dolphins

3/19 8:30 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  150      Risso's Dolphins

3/18 1:30 p.m. 10      Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale
      Fin Whale
  200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/18 10 a.m. 14      Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  150      Risso's Dolphins

3/18 8:30 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  75      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/16 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales
  10      Humpback Whales
  300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/16 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  75      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/16 8:30 a.m. 11      Gray Whales
      Black-footed Albatross

3/15 1:30 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales

3/15 10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales

3/15 8:30 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  600      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/14 10 a.m.     Gray Whale
      Humpback Whales
  200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/14 8:30 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
  100      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/12 10 a.m.     Gray Whales

3/12 9 a.m.     Gray Whales
(6-hr trip)     Humpback Whales
      Fin Whale
  100      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise
      Laysan Albatross

3/12 8:30 a.m.     Gray Whales (1 breaching)

3/10 p.m. 23      Gray Whales
      Humpback Whale
      Laysan Albatross
  10      Black-footed Albatross

3/10 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales (Emma)
      Laysan Albatross
  20      Black-footed Albatross

3/9 p.m.     Humpback Whales
  30      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/9 a.m.     Gray Whales
  50      Risso's Dolphins
      Black-footed Albatross
      Leach's Storm Petrel

3/8 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Harbor Porpoise
      Laysan Albatross
      Leach's Storm Petrel

3/4 a.m.     Gray Whales
  15      Humpback Whales
  900      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/3 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  400      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/3 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  15      Risso's Dolphins

3/2 a.m. 11      Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  600      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  80      Risso's Dolphins

3/1 p.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales
  1400+      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

3/1 a.m.     Gray Whales
      Humpback Whales
  1200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
   Kingfisher, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Kingfisher (March 26, 2016)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (March 26, 2016)

Sea Lion eating a Mola Mola with seagulls<br>
                      waiting for scraps, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
California Sea Lion eating a fish (March 26, 2016)

Southern Sea Otter, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otter (March 20, 2016)

Pacific Loon in breeding plumage, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Pacific Loon in breeding plumage (March 20, 2016)

Southern Sea Otter with Crab, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
California Sea Lion eating a Mola Mola with
seagulls waiting for scraps (March 20, 2016)

Southern Sea Otter with Crab, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otter with Crab (March 19, 2016)

Risso's Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso's Dolphins (March 19, 2016)

Breaching Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Humpback Whale (March 19, 2016)

Risso's Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso's Dolphins (March 19, 2016)

Eight Black-footed Albatross, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Eight Black-footed Albatross (March 18, 2016)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (March 18, 2016)

Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale (March 14, 2016)

Baby Southern Sea Otter climbing on buoy, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Baby Southern Sea Otter climbing on buoy
(March 12, 2016)

Black-footed Albatross, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Black-footed Albatross (March 12, 2016)

Laysan Albatross, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Laysan Albatross (March 12, 2016)



All photos © 2016 Daniel Bianchetta


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