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- August
 Mass coral spawning at the
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Each year eight
nights around the full moon in August between the hours of
8-9 p.m., several species of coral release their gametes,
causing an underwater snowstorm. Recreational divers first
discovered and reported this phenomenon in the Atlantic corals
within the sanctuary in 1990.
In the Florida Keys, several coral species have a spectacular form of reproduction--they spawn synchronously, late at night, often during the week after the full moon during August or September.
Jellies of all kinds are abundant in California
coastal waters as the oceanic season begins
and upwelling winds start to relax. Through early November
in the Gulf of the Farallones, Cordell Bank, and Monterey
Bay Sanctuaries.
Humpback whales court and
calve in Fagatele Bay Sanctuary, August through October
Blue and humpback whales return from Mexico and Central America to their summer feeding grounds in the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank and Monterey Bay Sanctuaries. Through October.
 Common Murre chicks have
fledged and are following their dads around the sanctuary
learning how to catch food. Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell
Bank Sanctuaries. Through September.
Gulf of the Farallones sanctuary personnel perform monitoring intertidal of invertebrates and algae on the Farallon Islands.
 White shark season at the
Farallon Islands as molting elephant seals start to concentrate
at haul out sites. Through November. Gulf of the Farallones
National Marine Sanctuary.
Sportfisher folk catch halibut in Tomales Bay and striped bass from coastal beaches, Gulf of the Farallones Sanctuary.
Pacific salmon start their
spawning migration up the Sacramento River system. Northern
Monterey Bay and Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuaries
through September.
Whale sharks occasionally
seen in Flower Garden Banks Sanctuary during warm months of
August through early October.
 From June through August many species of
jellies appear and drift in the nutrient
rich waters in the Cordell Bank Marine Sanctuary. Black footed
Albatross are most abundant in Sanctuary waters . While Sooty
Shearwaters blanket the food rich waters of the California
Coast by the millions through September as they continue on
their circumnavigation of the Pacific ending up in Chile to
nest.
Calm winds and seas become more frequent near the end of summer in Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.
Humpback whales (Megaptera
novaengliae) feed in rich, upwelled waters of Channel Islands
National Marine Sanctuary (May through August).
Pink-Footed Shearwaters
(Puffinus creatopus) and Sooty Shearwaters
(Puffinus griseus) visit the Santa Barbara Channel
from the southern hemisphere (May through October).
Ashy Storm-Petrels (Oceanodroma homochroa)
and Black Storm-Petrels (Oceanodroma melania)
visit the Santa Barbara Channel (mid-May to mid-October).
Endangered Least Terns (Sterna antillarum
browni) can be seen in the Channel Islands region
(May through August).
Red-Necked Phalaropes (Phalaropus
lobatus) can be seen in the Santa Barbara Channel
in the spring (April and May) and fall (August through October).
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