Hello whalewatchers: We have had a great day with good weather, light winds and calm seas that made looking for whales, dolphins, turtles and more much easier. Most of the action was before lunch with a tremendous amount of life north of the entrance to Bahia Magdalena, including large areas of birds. Our first whale was a Bryde’s which are always difficult to track, and then a humpback cow and calf. We travelled further south and came across a huge area of birds with common dolphin. It had to be 2000-3000 dolphins, a single humpback in the middle, and gulls, shearwaters, frigates, elegant terns, and pelicans all feeding on small bait fish. It was quite a show!
We continued on and came across multiple whales: two blues, a fin, and 5 or 6 humpbacks. One of the blues was consistently down for 13 minutes and on the surface for three breaths. The other blue whale we were able to follow for a long time with the sonar and we had some great looks close to the bow. It was the highlight of the day and today’s picture is of this whale off the bow.
To recap we saw 4 out of the 7 baleen whales before lunch, along with a megaherd of long-beaked common dolphin, and I can’t forget all the loggerhead turtles we saw with the calm conditions.
What a great day! Team Searcher
