Hello whalewatchers,
We had a great day at Islas San Benitos today. It was a bit chilly and windy, but good temperature for a hike. Some of the group made the 6-mile loop to the lighthouse and the rest spent a lot of time with elephant seals and a few Guadalupe fur seals. There were not that many fur seals this trip, less than 10. Quite different from last trip where the group saw more than 200 in the same location. Marc Webber reported mating and fighting elephant seals, and Paul Jones had some great looks at osprey. We cruised by East island to see if there were more fur seals over there but didn’t see too many. They were out for lunch or something.
I went for my usual trek up to the lighthouse and back for some exercise.
We are headed south to Laguna San Ignacio for tomorrow. We should arrive after breakfast.
Team Searcher
Today’s photo is a skiff returning with passengers from the island hike.
