Santa Cruz Sightseeing Excursions: Whale Watching, Nature Trips and Sunset Cruises of Monterey Bay (CA)- Sightings and Reports Santa Cruz Sightseeing Excursions: Whale Watching, Nature Trips and Sunset Cruises of Monterey Bay (CA)- Sightings and Reports
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Whale Watching in Santa Cruz's Monterey Bay, photo copyright Ken Stagnaro


This sightings report is generally updated weekly to give our clients an idea of what marine life has been recently spotted on our tours. However, some species i.e. whales may not be in any recent reports simply because our boats may have been operating inner bay tours.


Date: Sunday, May 4, 2008
Current Sightings: 5/4/08 5 Humpback Whales,Sea otters and Sea lions.



Date: Sunday, April 27, 2008
Current Sightings: 4/27/08 6 Gray Whales,5 Humpback Whales,Sea otters and Sea lions.

Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Current Sightings: 4/26/08 8 Gray Whales,25 Humpback Whales,Sea otters and Sea lions.

Date: Friday, April 25, 2008
Current Sightings: 4/25/08 Friday 5 Gray Whales, 3 Humpback Whales , 12 Risso's Dolphins , Sea otters and Sea lions.

Date: Thursday, April 24, 2008
Current Sightings: Thursday 4/24/08 3 Gray Whales,8 Humpback Whales,Sea otters and Sea lions.

Date: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Current Sightings: Saturday 4/19/08 2 Gray Whales Sea otters Sea lions.

Date: Friday, April 18, 2008
Current Sightings: Friday 4/18/08 8 Humpback Whale Sea otters and Sea lions

Date: Saturday, April 12, 2008
Current Sightings: Saturday 4/12/08 10 Gray Whales Sea otters Sea lions.

Date: Saturday, April 5, 2008
Current Sightings: Saturday 4/5/08 5 Gray Whales,10 Bottlenose Dolphins, Sea otters and Sea lions.

Date: Friday, April 4, 2008
Current Sightings: 4/4/08 4 Gray Whales,4 Humpback Whales,Sea otters and Sea lions.

Date: Saturday, March 29, 2008
Current Sightings: Saturday 3/29/08 2 Gray Whales and Sea lions.

Date: Monday, March 24, 2008
Current Sightings: Monday 3/24/08 3 Gray Whales, Sea otters and Sea lions.

Date: Sunday, March 23, 2008
Current Sightings: Sunday3/23/08 2 Humpback Whale and Sea lions

Date: Saturday, March 22, 2008
Current Sightings: Saturday 3/22/08 4 Gray Whales, Sea otters and Sea lions.

Date: Sunday, March 9, 2008
Current Sightings: Sunday 9th 6 Gray Whales and Sea lions.

Date: Saturday, March 8, 2008
Current Sightings: Saturday March 8thSea otters and Sea lions.

Date: Friday, March 7, 2008
Current Sightings: Friday 7th 10 Gray Whales and Sea lions.

Date: Sunday, March 2, 2008
Current Sightings: 3/2/08 1 Humpback Whale and Sea lions

Date: Saturday, March 1, 2008
Current Sightings: Saturday 1st Poor visibility today , Sea otters and Sea lions.

Date: Monday, February 18, 2008
Current Sightings: Monday 18th Between our two trips we saw 3 Gray Whales,40 Common Dolphin , Sea otters and Sea lions.

Date: Sunday, February 17, 2008
Current Sightings: Saturday 17th 3 Gray Whales,30 Risso's Dolphin and Sea lions.

Date: Saturday, February 16, 2008
Current Sightings: Saturday 16th.3 Gray Whales , 3 Sperm Whales and Sea lions.

Date: Saturday, February 9, 2008
Current Sightings: 2/9/08 Saturday 15 Gray Whales,Risso's Dolphin and Sea lions.

Date: Sunday, February 3, 2008
Current Sightings: Saturday February 2nd Whale Watching Trip was cut short due to bad weather .

Date: Saturday, January 19, 2008
Current Sightings: 1/19/08 Saturday 4 Gray Whales and Sea lions.

Date: Tuesday, January 1, 2007
Current Sightings: Tuesday 1/1/08 3 Gray Whales,2 Harbor Porpoises, 3 Sea otters and Sea lions.

Date: Saturday, December 29, 2007
Current Sightings: 12/29/07 Saturday 75 Pacific White-Sided Dolphins,4 Dall's Porpoises and Sea lions.

Date: Friday, December 28, 2007
Current Sightings: 12/28/07 2 Gray Whales,1 Humpback Whale,100 Pacific White-Sided Dolphins,20 Dall's Porpoises and Sea lions.

Date: Friday, December 28, 2007
Current Sightings: 12/27/07 20 Dall's porpoises , 6 Sea otters , Sea lions.

Date: Thursday, December 20, 2007
Current Sightings: Whale Watching report will start in 2008.



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