Location: San Francisco
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A Humpback and Gray Whale Travelling Together – 14/5/19
We had beautiful weather on this trip. The seas were flat and visibility was excellent – we were able to see the Farallon Islands in the distance. There was a slight southerly wind, so we decided to head south towards Pacifica. We found two whales northwest of the Pacifica Pier, several miles offshore. One of…
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Spending the Day with “Curly” – 27/5/19
On this trip we headed to Mile Rock, the last place the whales had been seen. We slowly made our way along the demarcation line, searching for whales. After searching for a while, we spotted a spout just east of Mile Rock. We approached and found one humpback whale. We know this individual as “Curly.” We…
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Tail Slapping Humpbacks – 4/6/19
After a stretch of bad weather, we headed out on Tuesday with sunshine and good visibility. We went west through the shipping lane, spotting a lot of bird activity as well as some California sea lions resting on the buoys. We made our way out to the pilot boat, who said they’d seen whales the…
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Lunge Feeding and Fluking Humpbacks – 19/6/19
On our first trip of the day we headed north, then west. We found several Humpbacks north of the shipping lane feeding in 105 feet of water. We saw some lunge feeding from these animals as well as a couple of flukes. For the most part they stayed farther than 100 yards from our boat.…
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Lunge Feeding Humpbacks – 20/6/19
On our first trip we found two Humpback Whales northwest of the shipping lane. The whales were feeding. We observed some lunge feeding, as well as some birds hovering over the whale. We stayed with the animals for about half an hour, watching them feed in 90 feet of water. Photos from this trip are…