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- November
The
last month of peak Great white shark sightings
in the South Farallon Islands, Gulf of the Farallones.
Monitoring
continues in the intertidal zone at S.E. Farallon Island,
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.
Along
with juveniles, North Atlantic right whale pregnant females
arrive off Georgia's and north Florida's coasts to birth their
calves in relatively warm waters. Right whales frequent the
waters around Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary during
the winter months. Aerial surveys are flown daily during this
time to pinpoint the location of the whales and to make counts.
Gray's Reef Sanctuary is a part of the aerial survey area.
Humpback
whales are departing for the warmer waters of the West Indies,
particularly around the Dominican Republic and its Silver
Bank Humpback Whale Sanctuary. in the Pacific Ocean, humpback
whales begin arriving in Hawaii for birthing and mating. (Past
sightings of a singular mother/calf pod have occurred in October).
 Gray
whale southern migration occurs in the Olympic Coast National
Marine Sanctuary.
A second rise of palolo will
occur in November in the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary
if the October rise was early in the month. Palolo are an
annelid polycheate worm that extrudes and releases its motile
gonads at a predictable time once a year one week after the
October (and sometimes November) full moon.
 First
of big winter storms arrive from Gulf of Alaska, large swells
and turbulent conditions prevail in the Cordell Bank National
Marine Sanctuary. Lingcod spawn, males aggressively protect
adhesive egg masses on shallow rocky reefs,
making them extremely vulnerable during this time.
The winter months are excellent for tide
pooling in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary because
afternoon low tides expose marine algae and invertebrates.
The low tides continue though the winter months into February.
Temperatures begin to cool in the Channel
Islands. Winter storms roar through the area.
Jellies of all kinds are abundant in California
coastal waters as the oceanic season begins
and upwelling winds start to relax (August through November).
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