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Farallon Islands Whale Watch Sightings: July 2017

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August 31, 2017 • Trip Reports

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In July, our Farallon Islands whale watchers spotted 177 individual humpback whales, 14 blue whales and 8 gray whales over the course of 9 trips. This comes out to be around 20 humpback whales seen on average per trip!

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Other exciting sightings included Pacific white-sided dolphins, Mola mola (ocean sunfish), northern fur seals, Blue-footed Booby (very rare for our area), Northern Gannet (also rare), Black-footed Albatrosses, Tufted Puffins and a various other bird species during the tail end of their breeding season out at the Farallones.

Our best day of sightings in July occurred on our last trip of the month, July 30th, when we saw over 40 humpback whales and 12 blue whales in one day. That trend has continued as we saw 34 humpbacks just last Saturday, August 19th.

Come join us on one of our weekend trips to the wonderful and wild Farallon Islands, now through November 26th!

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Chris Biertuempfel

Chris Biertuempfel manages Oceanic Society’s California-based operations, including Farallon Islands whale watching trips and the Conservation Scholars Program, which provides educational field trips for students from underserved communities. Chris also works extensively as a naturalist on trips to San Francisco's Farallon Islands and multi-day wildlife expeditions to Mexico and Indonesia.

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