A Seasonal Whale Finder for California
When to find and how to identify the three whales that regularly visit the California coast.
Tag: whale-watching
Naturalist’s Notebook: An Illustrated Guide to Watching for Humpback Whales
What to look for when watching humpbacks.
Whale Resources
Whale Watching: The Oceanic Society has offered naturalist-led whale-watching excursions in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1972. Excursions leave from San Francisco, Half Moon Bay, and Bodega Bay, on...
When and Where Do I Look to See Orcas?
I'm trying to spot some orcas this year and wanted to know when and where I should look.
Photographer Tory Kallman Gets His Orca Breach
On a whale watching trip in the Monterey Bay, photographer Tory Kallman witnessed one of nature's great events—an orca in pursuit of lunch. One of the resulting photographs became Bay...
A whale of a view
It’s been a great season to view California gray whales off the Northern California coast this year. There have been a number of unusual sightings in the San Francisco Bay....
Humpbacks Make Rare Near-Shore Visit in Santa Cruz
A pod of humpback whales, about two or three families, adults with a few calves, have been dazzling whale-watchers since about October 18, as they feed in Monterrey Bay about...
Winter Wildlife Watching
Valentine's Day is right around the corner, and nothing melts the heart like the sight of a newborn marine mammal pup. How about a thousand of them? That's how many...
Don’t Miss the Summertime Blues!
This summer has been a great year for whale watching in Monterey Bay. The giant blues showed up early and have stuck around, making for daily sightings of these amazing...
Gray Whale Migration
Now is the time to see gray whales migrating along the California coast and maybe even appearing inside the Bay.
