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2023 Baja Whalewatching Tour #1 Isla San Benito (February 13)
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2023 Baja Whalewatching Tour #1 Isla San Benito (February 13)

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2023 Baja Whalewatching Tour #1 Isla San Benito (February 13)

February 13

Hello whalewatchers:

We had a nice day at Isla San Benito today. The weather has been fair at best. It has been windy and rainy, but it looks like it’s starting to back off.

The island’s Guadalupe fur seal colony seems to be growing and healthy. Rob, our naturalist, says he has never seen so many on West island. So this is a nice suprise along with the Elephant seals on the beach.

We took off around 3pm and after about a hour of looking, we found an area of feeding fin whales and humpbacks. We spent about a hour with them and we were able to get some very good looks. We will be at Laguna San ignacio first thing in the morning.

Captain Mike and the boys

2023-02-14T19:50:22-08:00February 14th, 2023|Trip Reports|

2023 Baja Whalewatching Tour #1 Offshore Ensenada (February 12)
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2023 Baja Whalewatching Tour #1 Offshore Ensenada (February 12)

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2023 Baja Whalewatching Tour #1 Offshore Ensenada (February 12)

February 12

Hello whalewatchers:

Good afternoon,

We departed Ensenada just before breakfast this morning after checking in with Mexican customs. It did not take long to start seeing southbound gray whales. We got on a group of five that were very easy to watch. After a few good looks we continued on.

Just before lunch we stopped to look at a trio of curious humpback whales. We ended up shutting the boat down and drifting for over a hour. They swam around and under the boat the whole time. They never got more than 100ft from the boat.

We’ve enjoyed pretty amazing looks so far today. We’re headed for Isla San Benito now. We’ll see what the rest of the day brings.

Captain Mike and the boys