Location: San Francisco
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A Windy Day with Gray Whales – 26/4/19
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…
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Foggy Day with a Grey – 25/4/19
On our first trip of the day we had a westerly wind and a creeping fog making its way into the bay. We headed to the east side of Angel Island, where we were protected from the wind. There we found a gray whale. The gray whale was diving every seven minutes or so and…
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Spending the Day with a Gray Whale – 30/4/19
On our first trip of the day we found a gray whale on the east side of Angel Island near Raccoon Strait. We floated in neutral for most of the trip while the gray whale stayed in the area. A few times it came close to our boat. On this trip we first headed towards…
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Gator and Akula Feeding Offshore – 4/5/19
The bay was packed with boats as we headed around Angel Island, through Raccoon Strait, and towards the Golden Gate Bridge. The Sailing Grand Prix race was happening in the central bay. When we didn’t find a whale in the bay, we headed offshore. The weather was beautiful. It wasn’t long before we started seeing…
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A Day with Humpbacks and a Grey Whale – 1/5/19
On this trip we found a Gray Whale near Richardson Bay. It surfaced roughly every seven minutes. Over the course of the trip the whale slowly moved towards Tiburon. At a few points it came close to the shoreline and was diving in very shallow water. As we headed back to the dock, we spotted…