Recent Sightings

With much less wind at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula compared to the previous week, we had a calm ocean. Unfortunately, it became quite foggy at about 3 miles offshore.

♦️ 2 humpback whales – staying within a ten degree range north and south for over three hours

♦️ 105 harbor seals

♦️ 1 great blue heron

♦️ 37 brown pelicans flying north and 11 flying south

At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we had sunny, but  windy conditions with the wind blowing at 18 mph with 27 mph gusts from the north northwest.  There was an offshore haziness at about four miles out which limited our visibility.

❇️ NO WHALES SEEN

✳️ 82 harbor seals

✳️ 1 great blue heron

✳️ 2 black oystercatchers

✳️ 29 brown pelicans flying  north

We had cloudy conditions with moderate wind today at the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula.

💠 18 humpback whales- three sets of two and 12 singles

💠 106 harbor seals

💠 3 sea lions

💠 1 red-tailed hawk

Observations today were at Gerstle Cove in Salt Point State Park. We had a sunny day with very good visibility at first but as the day progressed, the wind speed increased creating significant whitecaps on the ocean.  Spotting blows and tracking the whales became more difficult as the wind increased. The blows did not remain suspended and were knocked down very quickly.

♦️ 2 humpback whales –  about 200 yards apart

♦️ 9 harbor seals

♦️ 2 sea lions swimming north

♦️  2 osprey – both hunting for fish over the ocean

♦️ 63 brown pelicans flying south and 4 flying north

At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, we had very good visibility clear to the horizon.  It was moderately windy,

🔷 13 humpback whales- three sets of three, one pair, and two singles; one whale was tail lobbing for a short while 

🔷 2 sea lions swimming north

🔷 129 harbor seals

🔷 2 black oystercatchers