EAC 22, Hall, August-September 1967
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MARINE MAMMAL OBSERVATIONS - EAC 22 25 August - 5 September 1967 GRID Identification # Latitude Longitude Time Date Remarks Dall Porpoise 2 34°57' N 121°27' W 0635 26 Riding Bow Right Whale Dolphin 150+ 34°59' N 122°17' W 1115 26 Chased (tugs) Right Whale Dolphin 50+ 34°58' N 122°2' W 1230 26 Same as above ? Chased briefly Seal sp. 1 34°56' N 122°45' W 1450 26 NE Eared, DK BR, 5'-6' long Whale 1 34°54' N 123°07' W 1705 26 Humpy-Rel #2 "icecream cone"- 20' showed flukes and lots of back, a good splash too. Close, 1/3 mi. but only glimpsed. Delphinus 75 34°53' N 123°16' W 1745 26 Chased into sun for 5 min. - did not follow ship; high dorsal, some appeared to have white in dorsal; others ? Orcinus orca 25+ 34°53' N 123°19' W 1815 26 2 "pure" albino, 1 [2?] mottled albino Porpoise 25+ 34°53' N 123°19' W 1815 26 Delphinus ? With killers Porpoise 20+ 34°53' N 123°31' W 1932 26 Dall or Delphinus not chased. "Throwing themselves bodily thru the H2O." Delphinus 50+ 34°20' N 126°27' W 1320 27 1 σ collected Porpoise sp. 15+ 34°12' N 126°18' W 1500 27 Glimpsed astern, half twists, may be Delphinus, not chased Delphinus ? 50+ 34°12' N 125°55' W 1705 27 4 mi. to port Delphinus-acting; not chased Sperm Whale 1 34°12' N 125°36' W 1857 27 1 animal, many blows Baleen Whale Whale sp. 1+ 34°14' N 123°25' W 0658 28 W; far to port/Spout seen ca. 4-5 mi. off stbd beam 1 34°14' N 123°26' W 0705 28 Porpoise 30+ 34°14' N 123°05' W 0907 28 Delphinus ? Not chased; high dorsal-type with much splashing; running hard Seal sp. 1 34°13' N 122°57' W 0953 28 Head out of H2O