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

July 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)

7/31 5:30 p.m. 26      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales
      Harbor Porpoise
      Elephant Seal

7/31 4 p.m. 19      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales

7/31 2 p.m. 48      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales
  10      Harbor Porpoise

7/31 12:30 p.m. 17      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales

7/31 9 a.m. 50      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales
  14      Harbor Porpoise
      Dall's Porpoise

7/31 8 a.m. 34      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales
      Dall's Porpoise

7/30 5:30 p.m. 11      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Harbor Porpoise

7/30 4 p.m. 24      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales
      Dall's Porpoise
      Black-footed Albatross

7/30 2 p.m. 16      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
  10      Harbor Porpoise
      Black-footed Albatross

7/30 12:30 p.m. 13      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales

7/30 9 a.m. 22      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales
      Black-footed Albatross

7/30 8 a.m. 17      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales
      Black-footed Albatross

7/29 5:30 p.m. 14      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales

7/29 4 p.m. 30      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales
  10      Dall's Porpoise

7/29 2 p.m. 16      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
  11      Fin Whales

7/29 12:30 p.m. 16      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales
  1000      Pacific White-sided Dolphin
  100      Northern Right Whale Dolphins

7/29 9 a.m. 18      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales
  400      Pacific White-sided Dolphin
  25      Northern Right Whale Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise

7/29 8 a.m. 10      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whale
  500      Pacific White-sided Dolphin
  250      Northern Right Whale Dolphins

7/28 5:30 p.m. 11      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
      Fin Whale

7/28 3 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
  15      Pacific White-sided Dolphin
      Northern Right Whale Dolphins
      Black-footed Albatross

7/28 2 p.m. 15      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales

7/28 12:30 p.m. 11      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales

7/28 9 a.m. 15      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales
  300      Pacific White-sided Dolphin
  10      Northern Right Whale Dolphins
      Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/28 8 a.m. 17      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whale
  325      Pacific White-sided Dolphin
      Risso's Dolphins
  25      Northern Right Whale Dolphins

7/27 3 p.m. 15      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales
      Black-footed Albatross

7/27 2 p.m. 22      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales

7/27 12:30 p.m. 32      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales
  30      Pacific White-sided Dolphin
      Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/27 9 a.m. 22      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Gray Whale
      Fin Whales
  100      Pacific White-sided Dolphin

7/27 8 a.m. 16      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales
  100      Pacific White-sided Dolphin

7/26 5:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Fin Whales

7/26 4 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Fin Whales

7/26 2 p.m. 14      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales
      Harbor Porpoise

7/26 12:30 p.m. 15      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales

7/26 9 a.m. 16      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales
      Harbor Porpoise
      Tufted Puffin

7/26 8 a.m. 13      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales

7/25 5:30 p.m. 44      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales
      Harbor Porpoise

7/25 4 p.m. 28      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whale

7/25 2 p.m. 48      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whale
      Bottlenose Dolphin
      Harbor Porpoise

7/25 12:30 p.m. 30      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales

7/25 9 a.m. 76      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales

7/25 8 a.m. 23      Humpback Whales
  11      Blue Whales
      Fin Whales
  30      Pacific White-sided Dolphin

7/24 4 p.m.     Humpback Whale
      Blue Whales

7/24 2 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales

7/24 12:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales

7/24 9 a.m. 10      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales

7/24 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale

7/23 12:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales
  30      Harbor Porpoise

7/23 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
  150    Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  30      Risso's Dolphins

7/23 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
  800    Long-beaked Common Dolphins

7/23 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
  1000    Long-beaked Common Dolphins

7/22 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales

7/22 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
      Fin Whale

7/22 8 a.m. 10      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale

7/21 12:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale

7/21 10 a.m. 20      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whale
  200    Long-beaked Common Dolphins

7/21 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whale
  700    Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  1   Mako Shark
      Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/21 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale

7/20 10 a.m. 12      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales

7/20 9 a.m. 12      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales

7/20 8 a.m. 15      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
    Minke Whale

7/19 9 a.m. 15      Humpback Whales
      Fin Whales

7/19 8 a.m. 120      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
      Fin Whale
  20      Pacific White-sided Dolphin
      Black-footed Albatross

7/18 9 a.m. 79      Humpback Whales
  15      Blue Whales
      Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
      Black-footed Albatross

7/18 8 a.m. 30      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales

7/17 4 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Fin Whale
      Black-footed Albatross

7/17 2 p.m. 85      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whale
  40+      Black-footed Albatross

7/17 12:30 p.m. 80      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Northern Elephant Seal
      Black-footed Albatross

7/17 9 a.m. 80      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
  30      Black-footed Albatross

7/17 8 a.m. 80      Humpback Whales
  10      Blue Whales
  13      Black-footed Albatross

7/16 5:30 p.m. 100      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whale
      Dall's Porpoise

7/16 4 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/16 2 p.m. 70      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Dall's Porpoise

7/16 12:30 p.m. 32      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
  20      Pacific White-sided Dolphin

7/16 9 a.m. 100      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
      Fin Whale
      Dall's Porpoise

7/16 8 a.m. 12      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales

7/15 5:30 p.m. 12      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
  10      Risso's Dolphins

7/15 4 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Risso's Dolphins

7/15 2 p.m. 15      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whale
  100      Pacific White-sided Dolphin

7/15 12:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Harbor Porpoise

7/15 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
  50      Risso's Dolphins

7/15 9 a.m. 19      Humpback Whales
  10      Blue Whales
  10      Risso's Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise

7/15 8 a.m. 10-15      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Harbor Porpoise
      Shark (species?)

7/14 5:30 p.m. 15      Humpback Whales
  10      Blue Whales

7/14 3 p.m.     Humpback Whales (surface feeding)
      Blue Whales

7/14 2 p.m.     Humpback Whales
  10      Blue Whales
  15    Long-beaked Common Dolphins

7/14 12:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whale
      Harbor Porpoise

7/14 9 a.m. 10      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
      Fin Whale

7/14 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Fin Whale
      Harbor Porpoise
      Dall's Porpoise

7/13 2 p.m.     Humpback Whales
  20      Risso's Dolphins

7/13 12:30 p.m. 15      Humpback Whales
      Fin Whales
  70    Risso's Dolphins
      Black-footed Albatross

7/13 9 a.m. 10      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
      Fin Whale
  50    Risso's Dolphins

7/13 8 a.m. 13      Humpback Whales
      Fin Whales
  47    Risso's Dolphins
      Black-footed Albatross

7/12 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  20-30      Risso's Dolphins

7/12 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  15      Risso's Dolphins
      Large Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/12 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Black-footed Albatross

7/11 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales

7/11 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Dall's Porpoise

7/10 12:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales
  120   Long-beaked Common Dolphins

7/10 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
  70    Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise
      Black-footed Albatross

7/10 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
  100    Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Black-footed Albatross

7/9 2 p.m.     Humpback Whales

7/9 12:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales (lots of breaching)

7/9 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
      Harbor Porpoise

7/9 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
      Black-footed Albatross

7/9 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales (cow/calf)
  300      Risso's Dolphins

7/8 2 p.m.     Humpback Whales

7/8 12:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales

7/8 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Dall's Porpoise
    Thresher Shark

7/8 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Pacific White-sided Dolphin
  400      Risso's Dolphins
  15      Northern Right Whale Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise
      Dall's Porpoise

7/8 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
      Black-footed Albatross

7/7 2 p.m.     Humpback Whales (breaching)

7/7 12:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales

7/7 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales
  150    Common Dolphins
  20      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  60      Risso's Dolphins
      Northern Right Whale Dolphins

7/7 9 a.m. 10      Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales
      Harbor Porpoise
  10      Dall's Porpoise

7/7 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales

7/6 2 p.m.     Humpback Whales

7/6 12:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales
  40    Long-beaked Common Dolphins

7/6 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Killer Whale

7/6 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Killer Whale
  200    Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/6 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Killer Whale
  70    Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/5 2 p.m.     Humpback Whale

7/5 12:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Bottlenose Dolphins
      Dall's Porpoise
      Black-footed Albatross

7/5 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Killer Whale
      Dall's Porpoise

7/5 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Killer Whale
      Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/5 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Killer Whale
  45      Risso's Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise
      Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

7/4 5:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Black-footed Albatross

7/4 3 p.m.     Humpback Whales
  20    Risso's Dolphins
    Shark (possibly a Blue Shark)

7/4 2 p.m.     Humpback Whales
  25    Risso's Dolphins

7/4 12:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales

7/4 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  25    Risso's Dolphins

7/4 9 a.m. 14      Humpback Whales
    Minke Whale
      Risso's Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise
  10      Black-footed Albatross

7/4 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales (surface feeding)

7/3 5:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales

7/3 4 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Killer Whale (Fat Fin)

7/3 3 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Fin Whale

7/3 2 p.m.     Humpback Whales
    Minke Whales
  10      Harbor Porpoise

7/3 12:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales

7/3 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales

7/3 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  40    Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Black-footed Albatross
      Fork-tailed Storm Petrel

7/3 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  100      Pacific White-sided Dolphin
  400    Risso's Dolphins

7/2 5:30 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Fin Whale
  60    Risso's Dolphins

7/2 4 p.m.     Humpback Whales
  300    Risso's Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise

7/2 2 p.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
      Bottlenose Dolphin

7/2 12:30 p.m. 10      Humpback Whales
      Blue Whales
  30    Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Harbor Porpoise

7/2 10 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
  20    Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  20      Pacific White-sided Dolphins

7/2 9 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Blue Whale
  35    Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Elephant Seal
      Black-footed Albatross

7/2 8 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  20      Pacific White-sided Dolphins
  

Humpback Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whales (July 30, 2016)

Humpback Whale tail throw and Common Murre, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale tail throw and Common Murre
(July 30, 2016)

Tufted Puffin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Tufted Puffin (July 30, 2016)

Blue Whale tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale tail (July 29, 2016)

Northern Right Whale Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Northern Right Whale Dolphin (July 29, 2016)

Leucistic Pacific White-sided Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Leucistic Pacific White-sided Dolphin (July 29, 2016)

Pacific White-sided Dolphin doing multiple flips, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Pacific White-sided Dolphin doing multiple flips
(July 25, 2016)

Humpback Whale lunge feeding, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale lunge feeding (July 25, 2016)

Humpback Whale spyhopping, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale spyhopping (July 25, 2016)

Blue Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whales (July 24, 2016)

Oystercatcher, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Oystercatcher, (July 24, 2016)

Southern Sea Otters, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otters (July 24, 2016)

Blue Whale Tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale Tail (July 23, 2016)

Pigeon Guillemots, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Pigeon Guillemots (July 23, 2016)

Humpback Whale tail with Killer Whale teeth marks, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale tail with Killer Whale teeth marks
(July 23, 2016)

Black-crowned Night Heron, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Black-crowned Night Heron (July 23, 2016)

Thin Blue Whale with visible ribs, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Thin Blue Whale with visible ribs (July 23, 2016)

Southern Sea Otters, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otters in kelp (July 23, 2016)

Blue Whale ID photo, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale ID photo (July 22, 2016)

Humpback Whale ID photo, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale ID photo (July 22, 2016)

Blue Whale, note pectoral fin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale (note pectoral fin) (July 18, 2016)

Adult Sabine's Gull in breeding plumage, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Adult Sabine's Gull in breeding plumage
(July 17, 2016)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins with calf, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins with calf
(July 17, 2016)

California Sea Lions, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
California Sea Lions (July 17, 2016)

Nazca Booby, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Nazca Booby (July 16, 2016)

Craveri's Murrelets, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Craveri's Murrelets (July 16, 2016)

Blue Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale (July 16, 2016)

Fin Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Fin Whale (July 16, 2016)

Humpback Whale tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale tail (July 11, 2016)

Southern Sea Otter close-up, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otter close-up (July 11, 2016)

Harbor Seal, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Harbor Seal (July 11, 2016)

Breaching Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Humpback Whale (July 9, 2016)

Mother and calf Humpback Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Mother and calf Humpback Whales (July 9, 2016)

Paddleboarder and curious Sea Lion, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Paddleboarder and curious Sea Lion (July 9, 2016)

Two breaching Risso's Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Two breaching Risso's Dolphins (July 9, 2016)

Tail throwing Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Tail throwing Humpback Whale (July 9, 2016)

Oystercatcher and Ochre Sea Stars, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Oystercatcher and Ochre Sea Stars (July 9, 2016)

Long boat and Brandt's Cormorants, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long boat and Brandt's Cormorants (July 9, 2016)

Close-up view of Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish), photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Close-up view of Mola Mola
(Ocean Sunfish) (July 8, 2016)

Black-crowned Night Heron, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Black-crowned Night Heron (July 8, 2016)

California Sea Lion, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
California Sea Lion (July 4, 2016)

California Sea Lion, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
California Sea Lion (July 4, 2016)

Minke Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Minke Whale (July 4, 2016)

Lunge-feeding Humpback Whale with baleen showing, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Lunge-feeding Humpback Whale
(Note baleen on upper jaw) (July 3, 2016)

Lunge-feeding Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Lunge-feeding Humpback Whale (July 3, 2016)

Humpback Whales in front of Aquarium, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whales in front of
Monterey Bay Aquarium (July 3, 2016)

Tail-throwing Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Tail-throwing Humpback Whale (July 3, 2016)

Blue Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blue Whale (July 2, 2016)

Southern Sea Otter eating a crab, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otter eating a crab (July 2, 2016)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (July 2, 2016)

Breaching Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Humpback Whale (July 1, 2016)

Humpback Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale (July 1, 2016)

All photos © 2016 Daniel Bianchetta



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