As of 2 FEB 2012

Southbound Today ---------------- 7
Northbound Today ---------------- 0
Total Whales Today -------------- 7
Southbound Calves Today --------- 0
Northbound Calves Today --------- 0


Season to Date (since 1 Dec 2011)

Southbound -------------------- 554
Northbound ---------------------- 7
Total ------------------------- 561
Calves South ------------------- 20
Calves North -------------------- 0

Message from the observers: Four of our five sightings came within a half mile of shore. A guest visiting the PVIC found one whale by spotting the head of a low-profile juvenile pop up in the kelp. We saw flukes on two sightings, and heard blows on one sighting. We tracked fin whales going back and forth throughout the day. We saw lunge feeding twice, and saw whales roll on their sides and expose half flukes. We also watched common dolphin and bottlenose dolphin. Special sighting: three large sunspots as the sun set into the haze.