Whale watching
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022, Monday

Whale Watch 2022

The harbor

Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

Sunny day, coastal fog

Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

Whale's tail

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Family: Balaenopteridae (Rorqual whales)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Family: Balaenopteridae (Rorqual whales)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

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Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Family: Balaenopteridae (Rorqual whales)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Family: Balaenopteridae (Rorqual whales)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Family: Balaenopteridae (Rorqual whales)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Family: Balaenopteridae (Rorqual whales)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus)
Family: Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

Fin-ish

Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus)
Family: Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

A whale of a dolphin

Northern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis)
Family: Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

This species of dolphin is unusual in lacking a dorsal fin.

California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)
Family: Otariidae (eared seals, sea lions, fur seals)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)
Family: Otariidae (eared seals, sea lions, fur seals)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)
Family: Otariidae (eared seals, sea lions, fur seals)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)
Family: Otariidae (eared seals, sea lions, fur seals)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)
Family: Otariidae (eared seals, sea lions, fur seals)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

Sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
Family: Mustelidae (mustelids, otters)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

Sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
Family: Mustelidae (mustelids, otters)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

Sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
Family: Mustelidae (mustelids, otters)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

Black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)
Family: Diomedeidae (albatrosses)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

Black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)
Family: Diomedeidae (albatrosses)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

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Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

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Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

Common murre

Common Murre (Uria aalge)
Family: Alcidae (auks, murres, guillemots, puffins)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

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Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

Brandt's cormorant (Urile penicillatus)
Family: Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants and shags)
Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

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Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

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Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

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Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

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Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

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Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

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Whale watching with Monterey Bay Whale Watch
Monterey Bay
October 24, 2022
Canon R5

Whale Watch 2010

Whale watching with Sanctuary Cruises
Monterey Bay
August 14, 2010, Saturday

Albatross

Black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)

Running start

Black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)
Family: Diomedeidae (albatrosses)

Runs on water

Black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)
Family: Diomedeidae (albatrosses)

Whales
(Cetaceae)

Thar she blows

Thar she goes

Tandem

Lunge feeding

This shows the open mouth of the whale with the baleen visible in the shadows.

Barnacled

If birds had wings...

Water colors

Harbor seal

Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi)
Moss Landing
August 14, 2010

Moor's law

When cormorants learn to read

Moss Landing
Canon Rebel T1i,
August 14, 2010

Jellies

When the bay turned to jelly

Monterey, whale watching trip

Jelly breaching

Monterey, whale watching trip

Sea lion ballet

Monterey, whale watching trip

Gull in flight

Monterey, whale watching trip

Creatures

Seals

Sea lions

Sea otters

Whales

Animals

Albatross

Jellies

Places

Monterey

Monterey Bay

Año Nuevo

Elkhorn Slough

Pigeon Point

Point Lobos

Galápagos 2010

Geography

Mountains

Islands

Sun and Moon

Other relevant links

San Mateo Coast Natural History Association (SMCNHA)

Año Nuevo State Park

Friends of the elephant seal

Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP)

Hopkins Marine Station

Pigeon Point Lighthouse

Pigeon Point Lighthouse Hostel

Visit

December 28, 2009

Last modified: March 16, 2023
Created: August 18, 2010
Contact: siegelr@stanford.edu
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