January is when the California coast comes alive. The gray whale migration is one of the longest animal migrations on earth — nearly 20,000 kilometres from the Arctic to the warm lagoons of Baja California — and the Pacific coastline between Monterey Bay and Newport Beach sits directly in its path. We spend five days in Monterey, where humpbacks and orca join the grays in one of the most biodiverse marine environments on the planet, and then drive the Pacific Coast Highway south to Newport Beach, which is one of the finest land and boat vantage points for the migration on the entire California coast. Ten days, two locations, and some of the most extraordinary marine wildlife photography I've done anywhere in the world.
January is when the California coast comes alive. The gray whale migration is one of the longest animal migrations on earth — nearly 20,000 kilometres from the Arctic to the warm lagoons of Baja California — and the Pacific coastline between Monterey Bay and Newport Beach sits directly in its path. We spend five days in Monterey, where humpbacks and orca join the grays in one of the most biodiverse marine environments on the planet, and then drive the Pacific Coast Highway south to Newport Beach, which is one of the finest land and boat vantage points for the migration on the entire California coast. Ten days, two locations, and some of the most extraordinary marine wildlife photography I've done anywhere in the world.
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