Lying 28 miles off the coast of San Francisco, the Farallon Islands sit amid one of the most productive marine food webs on the planet and hosts the largest seabird breeding colony in the continental United States. QUEST ventures out for a rare visit to learn what life is like on the islands and meet the scientists who call this incredibly wild place home.

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Footage shot in 2007 by Skyler Thomas showcasing some of the wonders of these mysterious islands and their migrating inhabitants.

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Beatrice first trip to the Farallon Islands.The Farallon Islands are located 27 miles west of San Francisco, in the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. It was a beautiful day, water not to roughs and weather very nice( not cold). A giant Octopus was caught. God beautiful creation. Everyone caught their limit. The biggest fish of the day was the Octopus with a Lin cod at a close second at 35 inches weighing about 30lbs. Beatrice did catch a fish.LOL. She has now been indoctrinated as a fellow deep sea fisherman by surviving the sea sickness that hit us all at some point in time on that Pacific Oceans.

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Chasing Salmon led us out by the Farallon Islands on a nice July weekend day.

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Here is the cute video with the music: gallery.me.com June 4, 2011 16 hrs 29 minutes 30 seconds. Patti Bauernfeind, Cathy "Sharkbait" Delneo, Laura Vartain Horn, Melissa King, Kim "head mermaid" Chambers and Lynn Kubasek. AWESOME support crew of David, Patrick-Cabin-God and Captain Vito!!! We have swum and are swimming for some GREAT causes! Please donate if you can: www.nighttrainswimmers.org

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The Farallon Islands are often called "the Galapagos of California", because the islands and surrounding waters team with so much wildlife. The Farallon Islands: Past, Present, and Future is a new DVD that presents the past, present and future of these magnificent wilderness areas. From blue, humpback and gray whales, great white sharks, dolphins, and sea lions and seals, to the largest sea bird rookery in the continuous United States, the Farallon Islands are a wildlife bonanza. Exploited for the past 400 years, with devastating consequences to its wildlife, these islands and surrounding waters are now completely protected, and wildlife is returning at a slow but optimistic rate. This DVD is 40 minutes in length.

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Pacific Whiteside dolphins bow-riding during a Farallon Islands whale watching trip Septenber 11, 2011

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6 sea lions are released by The Marine Mammal Center at Rodeo Beach in Sausalito, CA on 11/23/11

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August 20, 2011 our whale watching boat encounters a pod of Risso's dolphins at the Farallon Islands

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A quick visit to the Point Reyes Lighthouse after our overnight backpacking trip at Point Reyes National Seashore in March 2012. We made it back to the car right before it started raining. The lighthouse is approximately 2 hours north of San Francisco.

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Are Brandts Cormorants on the Farallon Islands indicating problems in the local marine ecosystem?

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Sailing to the Farallon Islands off of the coast of California Lots of birds, seals, dolphins, sea lions, a few whales and even a VERY brief encounter with a great white shark. Golden Gate bridge sailing tours sharks

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On October 11, 2009, a dramatic event occurred on an Oceanic Society whale watching boat near the Farallon Islands, 25 miles west of San Francisco. The vessel Salty Lady came upon a group of humpback whales, which is not unusual as it had been sighting whales pretty much every whale watching weekend, However, on this trip, four humpback whales approached the boat and for over an hour circled the boat, nearly brushing up against it, and seemed to make contact with the 45 passengers on board. One even lifted its head out of the water with passengers reaching out to pet it. There is no doubt that these whales sought out human contact and some form of communication was taking place. Look for yourself.

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Tortuga getting ready for Singlehanded Race - Farallon Islands (San Francisco, CA) sfbaysss.org www.latitude38.com (www.sfbaysss.org The success of that first Farallones race prompted the formation of the Singlehanded Sailing Society (SSS) and the idea of singlehanding to the next island: Hawaii! The Singlehanded TransPac has become the dream of hundreds of sailors whose first step was often the circumnavigation of SE Farallon Island.

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Sailing from San Francisco to Point Reyes and The Farallon Islands

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