Humpback whales surface lunge-feed on anchovies. Photo: Sack, www.sanctuarycuises.com.
Conditions have been incredible. Today it was calm and glassy for the whole trip with only a light breeze in the afternoon. Many humpbacks have shown up all along the California coast over the last week. Pretty heavy numbers. Particularly right out in front of Moss Landing. Probably between 15-20 humpbacks within 6 miles of Moss Landing. We’ve heard reports of massive amounts of anchovies close in from Marina/Monterey area all the up past the Pajaro as far North as Aptos. Things could be setting up for another year of close in surface feeding humpbacks. For now, we’re back to consistent humpbacks in good numbers within a few miles of the harbor. That’s what I’m talking about. It’s sure thing right now. We might start running some two hour trips for young family’s. Sometimes a four-five hour trip can be a bit much for some. So look for those 2-hour trips in the coming weeks.
We were stoked to get on these three blue whales. Thanks to Eric Mailander for putting us on them. Here’s one of them. The mighty blue whale. Photo: Michael Sack, sanctuarycruises.com
We have also have been getting reports of other scattered groups of 10-15 humpbacks in various other areas of The Bay. Like Monterey and south to Pt. Lobos. Also up toward Santa Cruz and to the west.
Check out some video from today’s trip:
Monterey Bay Humpback Whale Video with Sanctuary Cruises
So it’s nice to have a choice of which group of whales to hang out with. We also heard reports of dolphins to the south heading north.
It was nice to run across this fur seal. Photo: Michael Sack, www.sanctuarycruises.com
On Tues. we had nice looks at albatross and a fur seal. The humpbacks have been feeding on both krill and anchovies. We’ve seen both. over the last few days. The Spring humpback stampede is on!
Black-footed albatross sitting on the water. These remarkable birds fly all the way from Hawaii in search of food. They’re wing span can be over 6-feet widd. Photo: Michael Sack, sanctuarycruises.com
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