Hello whale watchers: We had another great day with a early walk on the peninsula at Bahia Agua Verde. The weather is still good with a few clouds and a light breeze. The temperature dropped quite a bit with a frontal passage today. A few snorkellers went in the water at this great spot and [...]
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Hello whalewatchers, We had a spectacular day off of Bahia Magdalena today with a lot of life. It started off with good bird life and a group of six masked boobies (which was a treat), a Laysan albatross and plenty of shearwaters, frigatebirds and gulls. After identifying the boobies ,we had a humpback whale breach [...]
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Hello whalewatchers, Today was a glorious day at Isla Santa Catalina. We went ashore a little earlier because of the heat. The temperatures are in the mid 80′s mid-day, so earlier was better. The island is changing a little from previous trips. With the warmer temps the lizards are more active and there were lots [...]
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Hello whalewatchers, What a remarkable day in Laguna San Ignacio, with cows and calf everywhere we look! We even had them hanging around Searcher all day. Everyone had a close encounter on both trips today. I think everyone was a little overwhelmed and a little reserved in the pangas today. I think that might change [...]
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Hello whalewatchers, We had a little slow period this afternoon where we didn’t see too much, but then we came across an area of bait fish on the surface. First we noticed the shearwaters feeding, then we had great looks at a Bryde’s whale cow and calf. The ridges on the cow’s rostrum were very [...]
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Hello whalewatchers, Well we have had quite a morning already. It is only 9am and we have seen breaching humpbacks, a large herd of short-beaked common dolphin and two blue whales. They are all heading northwest so we haven’t really gone anywhere thus far, but we don’t mind! The weather is good with a large [...]
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(Many thanks to Hilary Thompson for her beautiful photo of Isla Santa Catalina landscape!) Hello whalewatchers, This morning we were at Isla Santa Catalina for a hike and a snorkel. The wind was back blowing strong, but fortunately we were anchored behind this wonderful island. We stayed here until after lunch and then headed out [...]
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Hello whalewatchers, Well, we are certainly living right! We expected to have good weather for the morning and then possibly have some more wind in the afternoon. Not only did we get great weather this morning, but this afternoon it is even better, with the sea glassing off completely and the swell diminishing to where [...]
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Hello whalewatchers, We enjoyed the Sea of Cortez at its finest with great sunny weather, calm seas, and the best conditions for spotting you can imagine. We saw 15 blue whales, two fin whales, 6 Bryde’s whales, two dwarf sperm whales, which means we can add another new species to our trip list. There is [...]
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Hello whalewatchers, We began today with another spectacular sunrise with wonderful light on one of my favorite parts of the peninsula. After pulling the anchor we came across a pair of fin whales and we followed them closely for and had tremendous looks. Fin whales with the peninsula in the background was beautiful. It didn’t [...]
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Hello whalewatchers, What a day we had today! It started out with a great sunrise again, the lighting on the peninsula was tremendous. The group went ashore early and had great hike. The crew went over on a mission to find a rattleless rattlesnake and found two. (Attached photo is taken by Hilary Thompson) They [...]
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Hello whalewatchers, Happy Valentines day to everyone! We had a great day with gorgeous weather. It was calm and we had no wind. It doesn’t get much better than this here in the Sea of Cortez. We started our day with a beautiful sunrise at Punta Colorado, Isla San Jose. A Krazy Koastal Kruise for [...]
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Hello whalewatchers, We started our trip with some great sightings before we got to our first destination of Islas Todos Santos. I hope this an omen for things to come on this trip! We saw our first whale right after leaving our Mexican clearance in Ensenada, and it was a blue whale! I don’t recall [...]
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Hello whalewatchers, Today we added two more species of whales and two more species of seabirds. We found humpback whales this morning–a total of 12 whales. This afternoon we saw a blue whale and it was a fluker so everyone got great looks at both types of whales. A red-billed tropicbird circled the boat this [...]
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Listen to Searcher naturalists/leaders Paul Jones and Frank Balthis discuss the beaching of the female blue whale and fetus in northern California: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/south_bay&id=7708760
