Recent Sightings
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11th, 2025
Today was quite windy, 16 mph with gusts up to 29 mph from the north northwest. This created many whitecaps on the ocean making it very challenging to see whale blows.
At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we observed:
💠 1 blow – unable to identify the type of whale
💠 83 harbor seals
💠 1 great blue heron
💠 1 osprey
💠 5 brown pelicans flying south
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FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2025
Observations from Gerstle Cove with good visibility despite cloudy skies. No fog today!!
🔆 1 finback whale traveling south
🔆 1 foraging gray whale
🔆 5 – 6 sea lions swimming south
🔆 25 harbor seals
🔆 3 ospreys
🔆 152 brown pelicans
🔆 4 black oyster catchers
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‘GRAY WHALE TALES: INSIGHTS INTO A RECENT UNUSUAL MORTALITY EVENT”
EXCELLENT PRESENTATION BY MARINE BIOLOGIST, BARBIE HALASKA WITH THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER
FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN CETACEAN SOCIETY: -
2025 WHALE STRANDINGS REPORTED BY THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER
18 gray whales, 1 pygmy sperm whale, 1 minke whale, 1 cuvier’s beaked whale
17 undetermined or no necropsy, 4 probable vessel strikeMay 31, 2025: gray whale, Montara State Beach; cause of death: undetermined, no necropsy performed
May 29: gray whale, McNears Beach County Park, San Rafael; cause of death: undetermined, no necropsy performed
May 29: female gray whale, South San Francisco Bay, San Leandro; cause of death: undetermined, no necropsy performed
May 28, 2025: subadult gray whale, Alamere Falls, Point Reyes National Seashore; cause of death: probable vessel strike
May 26, 2025: suspected gray whale, Alcatraz; cause of death: undetermined, no necropsy performed
May 26, 2025: gray whale, Point Bonita; cause of death: undetermined
May 24, 2025: subadult female gray whale, Berkeley; cause of death: undetermined, no necropsy performed
May 22, 2025: gray whale, Fisherman’s Bay, Southeast Farallon Island; cause of death: undetermined, no necropsy performed
May 21, 2025: yearling gray whale, Bolinas; cause of death: undetermined
May 12, 2025: adult female gray whale, Rodeo; cause of death: suspected vessel strike
May 11, 2025: gray whale, Point Lobos, San Francisco; cause of death: undetermined, no necropsy performed
May 8, 2025: subadult female gray whale, Martinez; cause of death: undetermined, no necropsy performed
April 30, 2025: subadult female gray whale, Treasure Island; cause of death: undetermined
April 17, 2025: adult female gray whale, Alameda; cause of death: undetermined
April 15, 2025: cuvier’s beaked whale, La Tortuga Beach, San Luis Obispo County; cause of death: undetermined
April 8, 2025: subadult female minke whale, Emeryville; cause of death undetermined
April 4, 2025: subadult male gray whale, Fort Point Rock Beach; cause of death probable vessel strike
April 2, 2025: adult male gray whale, Angel Island State Park; cause of death suspected vessel strike
March 30, 2025: female gray whale, Black Sands Beach, Golden Gate National Recreation Area; cause of death undetermined
February 14, 2025: adult male pygmy sperm whale, Grover Beach, San Luis Obispo County; cause of death undetermined
January 19, 2025: adult male gray whale, Oso Flaco Beach, San Luis Obispo County; cause of death undetermined
