Allison
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Grey Whales and Porpoises – 12/4/18
This trip had beautiful warm weather. We quickly spotted a spout southeast of Angel Island and another spout further towards the Golden Gate Bridge. We identified them as gray whales. We moved to the west side of Angel Island, where we watched one of the grays spout without fluking. At one point the gray came…
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Close Encounter with a Grey Whale – 24/4/18
It was a foggy and cold morning as we set out across the bay in search of whales. We heard a report of one in the central bay, so we traveled slowly through in hopes of spotting it. With no spouts, we made our way around Angel Island. We ended up finding the whale near…
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Grays and Humpbacks in the Wind – 30/4/18
On this trip we immediately spotted two Gray Whales by Point Blunt on Angel Island. We didn’t see any flukes from these whales. They spouted every 2-3 minutes, taking shallow dives. The water was very calm. Many high speed ferries passed us as we floated with the whales. On our next trip, we heard reports…
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A Four Species Trip! – 29/4/18
High winds were in the forecast as we started to make our way out to the Farallon Islands. The Golden Gate Strait was especially rough due to a powerful incoming tide. We had just passed the Golden Gate Bridge when we saw spouts. It was a humpback in the middle of the strait. We were…
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Humpbacks, Porpoises and a Grey Whale – 2/5/18
We started off the day in the same place we found the whales the previous morning. Sure enough, we found humpback whales in the middle of the Golden Gate Strait near Point Bonita. Initially I saw one spout, but soon I was seeing four spouts. A few more minutes passed and suddenly I was counting…