Location: San Francisco
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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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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…
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A Day Full of Humpbacks – 7/5/18
On the first trip we decided to head around Angel Island before heading out towards the Golden Gate Strait. As we made our way through Raccoon Straits, we found a Gray whale swimming north towards Richmond. We saw a few spouts from this whale, then decided to head out to try to find some Humpbacks.…
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A Windy Day with Whales – 31/5/18
It was windy as we headed out of San Francisco Bay in search of whales. We found four humpbacks close to Mile Rock at the end of the Golden Gate Strait. Two of the four whales were surfacing in synchrony and diving together. The other two were nearby. The whales were near a huge group…
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A Multi-Species Day – 13/5/18
We had just started on our Farallon Islands trip when we found a Humpback Whale just outside the Golden Gate Bridge. We saw a fluke dive and decided to continue past it to increase our chances of making it to the islands. There was a southern wind to 10 knots forecasted, but we had pretty…