2008 Sightings Log
Captain Dave's Dolphin Safari
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WHAT WE SEE WHEN or SIGHTINGS AT A GLANCE
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
Frequently seen:
Common Dolphin XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
Bottlenose Dolphin XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
Pacific Whitesided Dolphin XXX XXX XXX XX XX X     X XXX XXX XXX
Risso's Dolphin XXX XXX XXX X X XX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
Gray Whales XXX XXX XXX XXX XX       X     XXX
Gray Whales & Calves X X X XXX XXX X           X
Blue Whales         XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX  XX  
Minke Whales     X X XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
Fin Whales   XX XX  X X  X XX  X  X  X X X
Mola Mola/Sunfish X X X X X X X XX XXX X X X
California Sea Lions XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
E lephant Seals             XX XXX XXX XX    
Infrequently seen:
Killer Whale (Orcas)   X       X            
Humpback Whales     X X X           X  
 
X =1 Sighting
X X= 2-6 Sightings
X X X= 7+ Sightings   

 

2008 Sightings Log

  Bottlenose Dolphins Common Dolphins
(Long Beaked)
Pacific White-sided Dolphins Risso's Dolphins Whales Other
     

 

 

 
           
May 8   1500 Common Dolphins

 

 
 
May 7 No sightings          
May 6 2 Bottlenose
Dolphins
200 Common Dolphins

 

  2 Humpback Whales
 
May 4   5000 Common Dolphins      
May 3 20 Bottlenose
Dolphins
50 Common Dolphins

 

  2 Gray Whales
(Mother & Calf)
May 2 6 Bottlenose
Dolphins
  60 Pacific White-sided 12 Rissos
Dolphins

May 1   400 Common Dolphins

 

 

 
April 30   50 Common Dolphins      
April 29 50 Bottlenose
Dolphins
 

 

 

 
April 28   3000 Common Dolphins        
April 27 20 Bottlenose
Dolphins
 

 

25 Rissos
Dolphins

 
April 26 5 Bottlenose
Dolphins
40 Common Dolphins      
April 25   200 Common Dolphins

 

 
April 24   600 Common Dolphins    
April 23   200 Common Dolphins

 

 

 
April 22   300 Common Dolphins      
April 20    

 

 
6 Fin Whales
2 Gray Whales

 
April 19   200 Common Dolphins 22 Pacific White-sided    
April 18    

 

 
4 Gray Whales
(Mother & Calf)

 
April 17   200 Common Dolphins      
April 16 25 Bottlenose
Dolphins
500 Common Dolphins

 

  11 Gray Whales (5 mother & calf pairs
 
April 15   3000 Common Dolphins      
April 14 No sightings  

 

  2 Minke Whales
April 13   500 Common Dolphins    
1 Minke Whale
April 12 12 Bottlenose
Dolphins
 

20 Pacific White-sided

 
1 Gray Whale
 
April 11   2850 Common Dolphins     1 Gray Whale  
April 10   500 Common Dolphins

 

 

 
April 9   1025 Common Dolphins      
April 8   500 Common Dolphins

 

 
April 7 50 Bottlenose
Dolphins
     
April 6 3 Bottlenose
Dolphins
1000 Common Dolphins

 

  1 Gray Whale

 
April 5   600 Common Dolphins     4 Gray Whales
(Mother & Calf)
 
April 4 25 Bottlenose
Dolphins
 

4 Pacific White-sided

 
3 Gray Whales

 
April 3         2 Gray Whales  
April 2 12 Bottlenose
Dolphins
 

 

  2 Minke Whales
April 1 30 Bottlenose
Dolphins
      2 Gray Whales
1 Minke Whale
March 31   21 Common Dolphins

6 Pacific White-sided

  20 Gray Whales
 
March 30