Hello whalewatchers: We’ve had poor reception with the sat phone for 24 hours for some reason. Sorry for the lag time on the report.
Yesterday was a good day with plenty of humpbacks and good weather. We saw around 30 whales and some of them up close. A group of 5 in particular gave us a good show, and we had a cow with a small calf and two escorts that hung out with us for a while. All in all a successful day around the Gorda Banks area.
Los Frailes was good for a quick walk and our first snorkel. The water was 74 degrees and clear. The snow birds are there for the winter and so the hummingbird feeders were up and producing good looks at Xantus’ hummers, a Baja endemic.
We went ashore again this morning for a walk and then we left there midmorning with windy conditions. The wind died as we went north but we had rain (very unusual!) for most of the afternoon. We then found a large pod of pilot whales to watch. Hoping for a big day tomorrow at Isla San Jose.
Team Searcher
