Farallon Islands Whale Watch Sightings: October 11, 2015
[IMAGE] Although it was a beautiful day at the dock with mixed fog and sunshine on Sunday, October 11, 2015,…
Farallon Islands Whale Watch Sightings: October 3 & 4, 2015
[IMAGE] Saturday’s Farallon Islands whale watching trip originally encountered seas with NW winds of less than 5 knots and swells of 2-4…
Leatherback turtle entangled in fishing gear found dead off of San Francisco
A critically endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtle was found dead in the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary on Saturday, September…
Farallon Islands Whale Watch Sightings: September 26 & 27, 2015
[IMAGE] Saturday’s Farallon Islands whale watching trip started out with a short tour past Pier 39 and around Alcatraz, then out the…
Farallon Islands Whale Watch Sightings: September 19 & 20, 2015
[IMAGE] Saturday’s Farallon Islands whale watching trip headed out with calm seas and a 2-3 foot swell. Passengers immediately saw 5 bottlenose dolphins outside…
Farallon Islands Whale Watch Sightings: September 12 & 13, 2015
[IMAGE] Saturday’s Farallon Islands whale watching trip started with a short trip around Alcatraz before heading straight out to Southeast Farallon Island…
Farallon Islands Whale Watch Sightings: September 5 & 6, 2015
[IMAGE] Saturday’s Farallon Islands whale watching trip had good encountered seas with 2 foot swells all morning until 8 miles from the…
Farallon Islands Whale Watch Sightings: August 29 & 30, 2015
[IMAGE] Saturday’s Farallon Islands whale watching trip had good whale and dolphin sightings. The group headed out in very calm weather that…
Life and Death in Turneffe Atoll
Being at the Oceanic Society field station, you never know what you may see or learn from day to day.…
A New Look at Plastic Pollution in Belize
Over the 15 years that we have owned and operated our Blackbird Caye Field Station in Turneffe Atoll, Belize we…
Farallon Islands Whale Watch Sightings: July 17, 2015
The following sightings report is from Oceanic Society naturalist Alicia Retes. Friday’s Farallon Islands whale watching trip began with a smooth cruise…
Farallon Islands Whale Watch Sightings: June 20 & 21, 2015
[IMAGE] Saturday’s Farallon Islands Nature Cruise headed out in choppy seas with a 5 foot NW swell and 15 knot winds, but…