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

October 1-31, 2015
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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)

10/31 all day 24      Humpback Whales
  800      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/31 a.m. 12      Humpback Whales
  200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Risso's Dolphins

10/30 all day 11      Humpback Whales
  700      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/30 a.m.     Humpback Whales
  300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

10/28 p.m. 15      Humpback Whales
  1000      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/28 a.m. 17      Humpback Whales
  500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/26 p.m. 21      Humpback Whales (breaching, tail & pec slaps)
  20      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/26 a.m. 27      Humpback Whales
  200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

10/25 all day 15      Humpback Whales
      Killer Whale (CA49B)
  500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/25 a.m. 15      Humpback Whales
      Killer Whale
      Fin Whales
  350      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/24 all day 12      Humpback Whales
      Fin Whales
  200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  600      Short-beaked Common Dolphins

10/24 p.m. 15      Humpback Whales
      Fin Whale
  500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/24 a.m. 20      Humpback Whales
      Fin Whale
  2000      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/23 p.m.     Humpback Whale
      Killer Whales

10/23 a.m. 16      Humpback Whales
  300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  40      Risso's Dolphins

10/22 p.m. 30      Humpback Whales

10/22 a.m. 34      Humpback Whales
  330      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/21 p.m.     Humpback Whales

10/21 a.m.     Humpback Whales
      Fin Whale
  1500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  500      Risso's Dolphins

10/20 a.m. 14      Humpback Whales
  600      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  30      Short-beaked Common Dolphins

10/18 p.m. 10      Humpback Whales
  1000      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

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

10/17 p.m. 21      Humpback Whales
  600      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/17 a.m. 25      Humpback Whales
  300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/16 p.m. 15      Humpback Whales
  1000      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  30      Short-beaked Common Dolphins
  100      Risso's Dolphins

10/16 a.m. 25      Humpback Whales
  500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  100      Risso's Dolphins

10/15 p.m. 25      Humpback Whales
  100      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/15 a.m. 12      Humpback Whales
  300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/14 p.m. 17      Humpback Whales (lunge feeding)
      Killer Whale ("Stumpy")
  20      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  20      Risso's Dolphins

10/14 a.m. 15      Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales
  500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  40      Risso's Dolphins including "albino" calf

10/12 p.m. 19      Humpback Whales (breaching)
      Harbor Porpoise

10/12 a.m. 25      Humpback Whales
  900      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

10/11 p.m. 15      Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales

10/11 a.m. 20+      Humpback Whales
      Killer Whales (predation event)
  900      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/10 9 a.m. 30      Humpback Whales
  800      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Bottlenose Dolphin
      Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)

10/10 8 a.m. 38      Humpback Whales
  400      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/9 2 p.m. 25      Humpback Whales (breaching)

10/9 1 p.m. 15      Humpback Whales (breaching & tail throwing)
  40      Short-beaked Common Dolphins

10/9 9 a.m. 35      Humpback Whales
  450      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  75      Short-beaked Common Dolphins

10/9 8 a.m. 25      Humpback Whales
  500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  400      Short-beaked Common Dolphins

10/7 p.m. 14      Humpback Whales
      Bottlenose Dolphins

10/7 a.m. 40      Humpback Whales
  680      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/6 All day 45      Humpback Whales
  15      Killer Whales
      Blue Whale
      Fin Whale
  800      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/6 p.m. 26      Humpback Whales
  10      Harbor Porpoise

10/6 a.m. 35      Humpback Whales
  900      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
  10      Harbor Porpoise

10/5 p.m. 47      Humpback Whales
  500      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/5 p.m. 45      Humpback Whales
  300      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/5 a.m. 52      Humpback Whales
  200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/4 4:30 p.m. 48      Humpback Whales (lunge feeding)
  50      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/4 2 p.m. 30      Humpback Whales

10/4 1 p.m. 40      Humpback Whales
  800      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/4 9 a.m. 40      Humpback Whales

10/4 8 a.m. 35      Humpback Whales
  2000      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/3 9 a.m. 40      Humpback Whales

10/3 8 a.m. 40      Humpback Whales
  200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/2 late p.m. 110      Humpback Whales
  75      Short-beaked Common Dolphins

10/2 p.m. 85      Humpback Whales

10/2 a.m. 40      Humpback Whales
  400      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/1 p.m. 42      Humpback Whales
  450      Long-beaked Common Dolphins

10/1 a.m. 32      Humpback Whales
  200      Long-beaked Common Dolphins
      Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish)
  Mother and calf Long-beaked Common Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Mother and calf Long-beaked Common Dolphins
(Oct. 30, 2015)

Brandt's Cormorant and Snowy Egret, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Brandt's Cormorant and Snowy Egret
(Oct. 30, 2015)

Killer Whale tail throwing with Black-vented Shearwater, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whale tail throwing with Black-vented
Shearwater (Oct. 25, 2015)

Breaching Mola Mola, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Mola Mola (Oct. 25, 2015)

Short-beaked Common Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Short-beaked Common Dolphin catching some air
(Oct. 24, 2015)

Humpback Whale kelping, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale kelping (playing with kelp)
(Oct. 24, 2015)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (Oct. 17, 2015)

Black Turnstone, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Black Turnstone (Oct. 17, 2015)

Southern Sea Otters, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otters (Oct. 16, 2015)

Breaching Killer Whale, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Breaching Killer Whale (Oct. 11, 2015)

Killer Whale playing with kelp, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whale playing with kelp (Oct. 11, 2015)

Killer Whale spy-hopping, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whale spy-hopping (Oct. 11, 2015)

Lunge feeding Humpback Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Lunge feeding Humpback Whales (note anchovies)
(Oct. 9, 2015)

Blackfin and Killer Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Blackfin and Killer Whales (Oct. 5, 2015)

Killer Whale tail throw, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Killer Whale tail throw (Oct. 5, 2015)

Lunge feeding Humpback Whales at sunset, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Lunge feeding Humpback Whales at sunset
(Oct. 4, 2015)

Leaping Long-beaked Common Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Leaping Long-beaked Common Dolphin
(Oct. 4, 2015)

Humpback Whale up close, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale up close (Oct. 3, 2015)

Humpback Whale breaching close to shore, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Humpback Whale breaching close to shore
(Oct. 2, 2015)


All photos © 2015 Daniel Bianchetta


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