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The annual migration of gray whales is one of nature’s most spectacular events. Their path passes very close to the coast of California, making the observation of this event accessible to all who are interested in these majestic animals. Each year, thousands of gray whales travel from their Alaskan summer feeding grounds to the seas around Baja California in Mexico, where they breed and have their young.
In the spring, when the calves are big enough, the whales return north to their summer feeding grounds. From December to the end of April, the Oceanic Society organizes gray whale watching from Half Moon Bay, California. Their 56-foot Coast Guard-certified vessel, the Salty Lady, departs from Pillar Point Yacht Harbor in Half Moon Bay almost every Saturday and Sunday and takes visitors on a 3-hour cruise around the bay in search of the whales. The naturalist on board shares information about the whales’ biology and migration patterns.
Oceanic Society - Half Moon Bay Gray Whale Watching, 1 Johnson Pier, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019, Phone: 415-474-3385
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