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

July 1-31, 2012
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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)    

  Killer Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whale (July 29, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta
7/31 p.m.     Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  

 
7/31 a.m. 20      Humpback Whales  
  11      Blue Whales  
      Northern Fur Seal  

 
7/30 p.m.     Humpback Whales    
      Blue Whales   Humpback Whale Breaching and Spinning, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale Breaching, Spinning
(July 28, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta

 
7/30 a.m. 28      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  
      Harbor Porpoise  

 
7/29 p.m. 20      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  

 
7/29 a.m. 26      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  
      Killer Whales (transient type)  
      Minke Whale    
      Dall's Porpoise   Laysan Albatross, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Laysan Albatross (July 28, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta

 
7/28 p.m.     Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  
      Laysan Albatross  

 
7/28 a.m. 32      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  

 
7/27 p.m.     Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  
      Risso's Dolphins    

  Blue Whale Lunge Feeding, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale Lunge Feeding (July 27, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta
7/27 a.m. 15      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  
      Minke Whale  
      Harbor Porpoise  

 
7/26 p.m. 10      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whale  
      Harbor Porpoise    

  Minke Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Minke Whale (July 27, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta
7/26 a.m. 12      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  
      Minke Whale  
      Harbor Porpoise  

 
7/25 late p.m. 11      Humpback Whales  

 
7/25 p.m.     Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whale  

   
7/25 a.m. 14      Humpback Whales    Humpback Whale Mother and Calf, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale Mother and Calf (July 27, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta
      Blue Whales  
  40      Risso's Dolphins  

 
7/24 p.m. 17      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whale  

 
7/24 a.m. 16      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  
  25      Risso's Dolphins  
  12    Harbor Porpoise  

 
7/23 p.m. 25      Humpback Whales (some double breaching)    

   Two Sea Otters, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Two Sea Otters (July 22, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta
7/23 a.m. 18      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  
  60      Risso's Dolphins  
    Harbor Porpoise  

 
7/22 late p.m. 22      Humpback Whales (some lunge feeding)  
      Blue Whales (some lunge feeding)  

 
7/22 p.m.     Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  
      Bottlenose Dolphins    

  Common Murre (leucistic), photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Common Murre (leucistic) (July 21, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta
7/22 a.m.     Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  
  60      Risso's Dolphins  

 
7/21 p.m.     Humpback Whales (cow & calf)  
      Blue Whales  

 
7/21 a.m.     Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  

   
7/20 a.m. 11      Humpback Whales   Humpback Whale tail and boat, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale Tail and Pt. Sur Clipper
(July 21, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta
      Blue Whales  
      Pacific White-sided Dolphin  
  15      Risso's Dolphins  

 
7/19 p.m. 35      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  

 
7/19 a.m.     Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  
      Mola Mola    

  Two Blue Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Two Blue Whales (July 20, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta
7/18 p.m.     Blue Whales  

 
7/18 a.m. 10      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  
  10      Risso's Dolphins  
    Leatherback Sea Turtle  

 
7/17 p.m. 10      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whale    

  Risso's Dolphin photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso's Dolphin (July 16, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta
7/17 a.m. 10      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  
  100      Risso's Dolphins  
  100      Northern Right-whale Dolphins  
      Elephant Seal  
      Mola Mola  

 
7/16 p.m.     Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  
  25      Risso's Dolphins  

 
7/16 a.m.     Humpback Whales    
  10      Blue Whales   Humpback Whale Tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale Tail (July 14, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta
  50      Risso's Dolphins  

 
7/15 late p.m.     Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  

 
7/15 p.m. 10      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  

 
7/15 a.m. 10      Humpback Whales  
  10      Blue Whales  
      Minke Whales  

 
7/14 p.m.     Humpback Whales    
      Blue Whales   Blue Whale on its side lunge feeding, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale Lunge Feeding (July 14, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta
  12      Risso's Dolphins  

 
7/14 a.m. 15      Humpback Whales  
  10      Blue Whales  
      Fin Whale  
      Minke Whale  
      Mola Mola  

   
7/13 p.m.     Humpback Whales   Sea Otter with Gull, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Sea Otter with Gull (July 13, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta
      Blue Whales  

 
7/13 a.m. 12      Humpback Whales  
  10      Blue Whales  

 
7/12 p.m. 20      Humpback Whales  
  20      Blue Whales  

 
7/12 a.m. 20      Humpback Whales  
  12      Blue Whales  

 
7/11 p.m.     Humpback Whales  
  12      Blue Whales  
      Risso's Dolphins    

  Pigeon Guillemot, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Pigeon Guillemot, (July 13, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta
7/11 a.m. 15      Humpback Whales  
  12      Blue Whales  

 
7/10 p.m. 12      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  

 
7/10 a.m. 28      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  

 
7/9 a.m. 37      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales    
  150      Risso's Dolphins   Humpback Whale lunge feeding, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale Lunge Feeding (July 8, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta

 
7/8 late p.m.     Blue Whales  

 
7/8 p.m. 28      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  
  75      Risso's Dolphins  
      Harbor Porpoise  

 
7/8 a.m. 35      Humpback Whales  
  14      Blue Whales  

   
7/7 p.m.     Blue Whales   Blue Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale (July 6, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta

 
7/7 a.m. 38      Humpback Whales  
  200      Risso's Dolphins  
  50      Northern Right-whale Dolphins  

 
7/6 late p.m. 25      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  

 
7/6 p.m. 30      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales    

  Bottlenose Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Bottlenose Dolphins (July 6, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta
7/6 a.m. 40      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  
      Bottlenose Dolphins  

 
7/5 p.m.     Blue Whales  
  150      Risso's Dolphins  

 
7/5 a.m. 40      Humpback Whales  
  12      Blue Whales  
  250      Pacific White-sided Dolphins  
  400      Risso's Dolphins    
  300      Northern Right-whale Dolphins   Humpback Whale with Brown Pelicans, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale with Brown Pelicans
(July 6, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta

 
7/4 p.m. 30      Humpback Whales  
  12      Blue Whales  
      Minke Whales  
      Dall's Porpoise  

 
7/4 a.m. 35      Humpback Whales  
  15      Blue Whales  
      Minke Whale  

 
7/3 p.m. 16      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales    
      Pacific White-sided Dolphins   Humpback Whale Breaching, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale Breaching (July 3, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta
  10      Risso's Dolphins  

 
7/3 a.m. 50      Humpback Whales  
  20      Blue Whales (lunge feeding)  
  20      Pacific White-sided Dolphins  
  100      Risso's Dolphins  

 
7/2 a.m. 15      Humpback Whales  
      Blue Whales  
  30      Risso's Dolphins (with 5 calves)  

   
7/1 p.m. 40      Humpback Whales   Blue Whale tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale tail (July 1, 2012)
Photo © 2012 Daniel Bianchetta
  15      Blue Whales  
  30      Risso's Dolphins  

 
7/1 a.m. 60+      Humpback Whales  
  40+      Blue Whales  
  75      Risso's Dolphins  


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