Monterey Bay Whale Watch Marine Mammal Sightings List 4/1

Monterey Bay Whale Watch
List of Marine Mammal Sightings
in the Monterey Bay Region
April 1-30, 2005
compiled by Richard Ternullo

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.

Date	#	Type of Animal(s)

4/30 p.m.	4	Humpback Whales

4/30 a.m.	4	Humpback Whales
	30	Risso's Dolphins

4/30 early	4	Gray Whales
morning	50	Risso's Dolphins
	8	Killer Whales (transient type) *

4/29 p.m.	8	Killer Whales (transient type, feeding on Gray Whale)
	3	Humpback Whales *

4/29 a.m.	5	Humpback Whales

4/28 p.m.	4	Humpback Whales

4/28 a.m.	6	Humpback Whales

4/27	4	Humpback Whales
	45	Risso's Dolphins
	20	Harbor Porpoise

4/26 p.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	35	Pacific White Sided Dolphins

4/26 a.m.	3	Humpback Whales

4/25 p.m.	3	Humpback Whales
	60	Risso's Dolphins
	25	Pacific White Sided Dolphins

4/25 a.m.	2	Humpback Whales
	80	Risso's Dolphins
	3	Humpback Whales *

4/24 p.m.	8	Gray Whales
	12	Humpback Whales
	250	Pacific White Sided Dolphins
	800	Risso's Dolphins
	60	Northern Right Whale Dolphins

4/24 a.m.	11	Humpback Whales
	350	Risso's Dolphins

4/24 early	3	Killer Whales (transient type)
morning

4/23 p.m.	4	Gray Whales
	150	Pacific White Sided Dolphins
	720	Risso's Dolphins
	40	Northern Right Whale Dolphins

4/23 a.m.	1	Humpback Whale
	1400	Pacific White Sided Dolphins
	400	Northern Right Whale Dolphins

4/23 early	1	Humpback Whale
morning	1400	Pacific White Sided Dolphins
	15	Risso's Dolphins
	200	Northern Right Whale Dolphins
	2	Harbor Porpoise

4/22	25	Risso's Dolphins
	4	Bottlenose Dolphins

4/21 p.m.	4	Killer Whales (transient type, predation on pinniped)

4/21 a.m.	12	Killer Whales (transient type)

4/20	4	Killer Whales (transient type)
	1	Humpback Whale
	350	Risso's Dolphins

4/19	10	Killer Whales (transient type, feeding on Gray Whale)
	4	Gray Whales *
	8	Killer Whales (transient type, predation on Gray Whale) *

4/18		Poor weather

4/17 early	15	Killer Whales (transient type, feeding on Gray Whale)
morning		(poor weather rest of the day)

4/16 p.m.	11	Killer Whales (transient type, feeding on Gray Whale)

4/16 a.m.	2	Gray Whales
	11	Killer Whales (transient type, predation on Gray Whale)
	25	Risso's Dolphins

4/15	5	Gray Whales
	150	Pacific White Sided Dolphins
	640	Risso's Dolphins
	20	Northern Right Whale Dolphins
	20	Killer Whales *

4/14	6	Gray Whales

4/13	1	Gray Whale

4/12	5	Killer Whales (transient type, predation on Harbor Seal)

4/11	11	Killer Whales (transient type, predation on Gray Whale)

4/10 p.m.	1	Gray Whale

4/10 a.m.	60	Risso's Dolphins

4/10 early	75	Pacific White Sided Dolphins
morning	400	Risso's Dolphins
	20	Northern Right Whale Dolphins

4/9		Poor weather, no trip

4/8		Poor weather

4/7	3	Gray Whales

4/6	3	Gray Whales
	1	Humpback Whale

4/5 p.m.	2	Gray Whales

4/5 a.m.	4	Gray Whales
	1	Pacific White Sided Dolphins
	45	Risso's Dolphins
	1	Elephant Seal

4/4	2	Humpback Whales
	1	Sperm Whale
	300	Pacific White Sided Dolphins
	200	Northern Right Whale Dolphins

4/3 p.m.	50	Risso's Dolphins

4/3 a.m.	1	Gray Whales
	320	Risso's Dolphins

4/3 early	4	Gray Whales
morning	210	Pacific White Sided Dolphins
	150	Risso's Dolphins
	350	Northern Right Whale Dolphins
	5	Harbor Porpoise

4/2 a.m.	6	Gray Whales
	20	Pacific White Sided Dolphins

4/2 early	5	Gray Whales
morning

4/1 p.m.	3	Gray Whales
	35	Risso's Dolphins

4/1 a.m.	4	Gray Whales
	40	Risso's Dolphins

Sightings map is not available for this month.

Copyright © 2005 R. Ternullo. No use of the sightings information is permitted without prior approval.

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