Recent Sightings

We observed today from the beautiful Mendocino Headlands. Visibility was good but  limited to three miles out due to offshore fog and haze.

✳️ NO WHALES SEEN

✳️ 8-9 sea lions resting on the bell buoys

A beautiful day at the Point arena Lighthouse peninsula.

💠 NO WHALES SEEN

💠 14 harbor seals – in coming tide

💠 Dozens of feeding brown pelicans

Our first 3 1/2 hours at Gerstle Cove were spent in very dense fog. Small pockets of visibility would appear but even then visibility was limited by the gray sky and gray ocean.

🔷 4 humpback whales – one group of two and two singles; one single was slowly but steadily moving south and the other single was within 500 yards of shore

🔷 2 great blue herons

🔷 3 osprey

🔷 9 harbor seals

At the Point Arena Lighthouse peninsula, visibility was quite good and the wind was moderate.

🟡 1 humpback whale

🟡 4 harbor seals – high tide

Observations today from the Noyo Headlands in Fort Bragg.

✅ Two humpback whales