"This time of year the whales are moving and we see them." 



"The whales kind of hung by out there at certain times of the year." 



"There is this one place the gray whales hang around. I've seen seven or 

 eight at a time out there. These migrating whales do some unusual stunts out 

 there. They dive and jump. It seems as if when they go away they come right 

 back to this one place. There must be something out there. The area is about 

 half a mile due south of the platform." 



"Whales come right up to the platform. This baby whale was laying on the 

 back of its mother." 



"This whale dived underneath the buoy. We could see its tail near the 

 chain. He might have been rubbing up against the chain." 



"I saw three whales go right underneath the heliport. They were gray 

 whales for sure." 



"I yery seldom see porpoises near the rig." 



"Seven or 8 years ago, seals would come in quite regularly and climb on 

 the buoys and boat landings. In the last year or so you hardly see any anymore. 

 I don' t know why." 



"I've seen little bitty harbor seals get upon the sportfishing boats tied 

 to the buoys and the fishermen feed them." 



"I saw a seal once on our boat landing that had a puncture in his side 

 that looked like a bullet hole. A guy stepped down onto the boat landing and 

 scared the seal which made a big noise and dived into the water." 



"As far as seeing seals or sea lions, I haven't seen that many." 



"I haven't seen anything since you started this program." 



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