Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
An uncommonly large grouping of orcas for Northern California — roughly two dozen killer whales — were spotted by a whale watching tour off the coast of San Francisco last month, likely ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Along with Cannery Row, Fisherman's Wharf is one of the few areas in Monterey that sells souvenirs, so the restaurants are interspersed with gift shops, jewelry stores, art galleries, and candy shops. Whale watching tours and fishing trips leave from the wharf, and sea lions often sleep on the pilings, buoys, and moored boats in the bay.
Whale Watching, Discovery Travel Adventures Insight guide. ISBN 1-56331-836-9. The Whale Watcher's Guide: Whale-watching Trips in North America, Patricia Corrigan, ISBN 1-55971-683-5. Whales and Whale Watching in Iceland, Mark Carwardine, ISBN 9979-51-129-X. On the Trail of the Whale, Mark Carwardine, ISBN 1-899074-00-7
The aquarium revitalized Monterey's Cannery Row when it opened in 1984, following the decline of the sardine canning industry in the United States. [az] Monterey Bay Aquarium employed over 500 people and had 1,200 active volunteers in 2015. [r] Between 1984 and 2014, 8,500 volunteers donated 3.2 million community service hours.
A San Diego-based ecotour operator has captured stunning aerial footage, perhaps first of its kind, showing Cuvier’s beaked whales swimming along the surface. Rare footage shows elusive ...
In 1862, Antonio Victorine, a Portuguese whaler from the Azores, arrived at Point Lobos, following the whale population. About fifty to seventy family members lived at Whaler's Cove. The men spotted whales from Whaler's Knoll and then rowed off shore about 1 mile (1.6 km) in 24-foot boats to harpoon the whales. They towed the whales back to Pt.
A pod of rarely seen false killer whales is making a splash along the coast of Southern California. Whale watchers off of Orange County's Dana Point got a once in a lifetime sighting of false ...