On this trip we expected wind all day. We headed towards the east side of Angel Island, where we found a gray whale. We floated for a while while the gray whale continued to surface in the same area. It looked like an adult. Eventually the whale appeared to move towards Tiburon.
We also saw harbor porpoises in this area. As we approached Pier 39, we saw a raft of sea lions swimming away from the Pier.
We found the same gray whale on this trip that we’d seen on the 8am.
The whale was still hanging out east of Angel Island.
We saw the whale surface a few times as the passenger ferries passed by us.
On our final trip of the day, we were just leaving the dock when I saw a spout behind us close to Fisherman’s Wharf.
We followed the gray whale as it headed towards the sailing practice being held by the Sailing Grand Prix. The whale was spouting just once at a time and coming up every five minutes. It was windy, so the spouts were blown down quickly.
There was a lot of traffic, including the Sailing GP practice, container ships, passenger ferries, and day sailors.
We continued around Alcatraz towards Angel Island, looking for the whale we’d seen earlier. We were unable to locate it before we headed back to the dock.
-Allison
This post was adapted from a blog, read the original here
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