Protecting cetaceans and their habitats
through public education, research grants, and conservation actions
Protecting cetaceans and their habitats
through public education, research grants, and conservation actions
ACS-LA GRAY WHALE CENSUS AND BEHAVIOR PROJECT: 2021-2022
Census Project Director/Coordinator: Alisa Schulman-Janiger Email: janiger@cox.net For daily sighting details, please visit: www.acs-la.org High numbers of fin whale, common dolphin, and bottlenose dolphin sightings highlighted our 2021/2022 ACS-LA Gray Whale Census...
2022 Summertime Whale Watch Trip Report
ACS-LA Summertime Whale Watching Adventure 2022: we had a wonderful 8 hour trip on Condor Express Whale Watching with Captain David Beezerand crew Saturday! Cetacean totals: 1 humpback whale ("Stevie Bubbles"), ~1500 long-beaked common dolphin, ~2300 short-beaked...
Unusual Mortality Event
Gray whales are dying along the Pacific coast: the warming Arctic may be to blame. An extraordinarily comprehensive, multimedia investigation into what may be causing the 2019-2022 Gray Whale Unusual Mortality Event that has documented over 500 stranded gray whales,...
Learn About Whales
Cabrillo Whalewatch
In partnership with Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, ACS-LA trains docents to educate the public about whales, dolphins, and other sea creatures.
Gray Whale Census & Behavior Project
Trained volunteers spot and track cetaceans, focusing on Pacific gray whales on their annual migration, recording counts and behaviors.
Count Whales
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Research Grants
Travel Grants
Supporting cetacean research through scientific and travel grants for over 20 years.
Study Whales
Gray Whale Census
This full season shore-based gray whale census has operated on the Palos Verdes Peninsula since 1984. Trained volunteers spot and track Pacific gray whales on their annual migration, recording counts and behaviors. They also identify and record other marine mammals seen. This project runs during daylight hours, from December 1st through late May, on the patio of the Point Vicente Interpretive Center.
Happening Now
Gray Whale Census update March 2024
Gray Whale Census morning crew M'Liz Callender, Petrina Long, Joanne Kajiyama, and Caroline DeGraaf, 2024 February 29, Point Vicente Interpretie Center, by Alisa Schulman-Janiger. Southbound gray whale mom and calf, photographed from our Census station at the Point...
Volunteer
During the past 30 years, more than two million children and thousands of adults have enjoyed whale watching trips sponsored by ACS.
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