Here’s the daily report from the LA-based census for migrating gray whales:
As of 15 DEC 2014
Southbound Today ————— 14
Northbound Today —————- 0
Total Whales Today ————- 14
Southbound Calves Today ——— 0
Northbound Calves Today ——— 0
Season to Date (since 1 Dec 2014)
Southbound ——————— 89
Northbound ———————- 0
Total ————————– 89
Calves South ——————– 0
Calves North ——————– 0
Message from the observers: FOURTEEN GRAY WHALES! All GRAYS were singles, except for one trio. All came within a mile of shore; eight sightings came within a half mile of shore. We were tracking up to four sightings at one time. Nine GRAY WHALES came along the coast and were spotted just above the kelp line, near Rocky Point. The trio came in from offshore, then milled for a short time by the R10 buoy before coming down to “Whale Rock”. Gray whales fluked on all but one sighting. We tracked two FIN WHALES that came within a mile of shore, and we may have seen a MINKE WHALE. We also spotted COMMON DOLPHIN and PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED DOLPHIN.
