Today,  following the calendar command to "march forth", the gray whales traveled through our observation area with speed .  The four hour sampling day ended with four whales in four stops along the coast at sunset displaying various gray whale behaviors including spyhopping, rolling, fluking  and spouting heart shaped blows. 

What a wonderful start to the month of March, seeing a gray whale breach on the  migration north with a view of the Catalina Island in the background! This whale was very active breaching 3 times as well as spyhopping, rolling and showing pectoral fins for several minutes before traveling through with another whale following … Continue reading Hello March!

Finally the clouds have moved out leaving a clear view towards the horizon and the Channel Islands to the north and Catalina Island to the south,allowing maximum visibility to see the gray whales migrating north.  Today in the three and half hours I observed, two whales powered thru at top speed along with two separate … Continue reading Gray Whales Travel North

On this partly sunny 63 degree day with 65/35 percent visibility due to whispy clouds and heavy marine layer along the horizon blocking the view of both Catalina Island and  Anacapa Channel Islands, one gray whale observed heading south 250 yards out from the pinnacles and another was observed in the surf passing bath house … Continue reading A One and Two

After over a week of heavy marine layer, wet rainy days with poor visabilty, today's sunshine and 72 degree weather was welcomed.  Erosion from the recent storms damaged a large run off pipe under the road leading to the beach causing it to be blocked off until the repairs are finished. Dolphins frolicked in the … Continue reading Not a One