Harbour Porpoise
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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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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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Harbour Porpoises just outside of English Bay – 2022
We even had a day where we just kind of heading out of English Bay. So, you know, like between Point Atkinson and Point Grey. And there was just so many Harbor Porpoise that were clearly feeding, they didn’t care that we were there. They just kept surfacing kind of all over the place. Some…
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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…
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Humpbacks by the Golden Gate Bridge – 4/5/18
Right as we started heading out on our first trip, we heard reports on the radio of whales two miles past Point Bonita. Just outside the bridge the water was glassy. There was no strong wind or swell, but a strong incoming tide meant that it was still a little choppy. Just past Point Bonita…