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Wed May 27- Whale Watching

Fog, fog, and more fog 

It was super foggy start to our 31st season. While conditions north and west of the Montauk Lighthouse were excellent with 6 miles of visability, as we headed west a bit offshore we entered into the fog. Visability droopped to 440 yards (1/4 mile) and continued to drop to abouut 150 yards and would vary betweeen these values as we headed west towards Napeague, where the SST (sea surface temperature) was 52.05 oF.  We headed out to deeper water in Block Channel, but the fog remained and the SST rose to a whopping 53.74 oF. More fog and slight clearings continued wherever we went.  We were able to see  2 Great shearwaters (Ardenna gravis) and 8 Sooty shearwaters (Ardenna grisea), as well as 1 Wilson’s storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus). A few folks had a brief view of an Oceand sunfish (Mola mola). Just before pulling into the dock, one of the resident Atlantic gray seals (Halichoerus grypus atlantica) popped up.

Totals:

  •  2 Great shearwaters
  • 8 Sooty shearwaters
  • 1 Wilson’s storm petrel
  • 1 Ocean sunfish
  • 1 Atlantic gray seal (in the harbor)
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