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2024 Baja Whalewatching Tour (Mar 1-12) Islas San Benito

March 3

Dear whalewatchers:
On our way to San Benito, we observed a few groups of humpbacks this morning. After arriving to the island, passenger did a hike to see the elephant seals, fur seals, and sea lions. We took our time to check out the variety of plant life and see some active ospreys on their nests.
Captain Mike and the boys
2024-03-04T10:05:21-08:00March 4th, 2024|Trip Reports, Uncategorized|
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2024 Baja Whalewatching Tour (Mar 1-12) Ensenada and southbound

March 2

Dear whalewatchers:
We departed last night on our second Baja adventure of the year. We cleared customs and immigration check in Ensenada, plus an additional inspection just before noon, and then we made a left turn for Islas San Benito.
On our southbound travel, we observed gray whales, including a mother with her calf who ventured close to the boat and Pacific white-sided dolphin. Along with lots of seabirds. We’ll be at San Benito mid- morning.
Captain Mike and the boys
2024-03-03T06:58:10-08:00March 3rd, 2024|Trip Reports, Uncategorized|
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2024 Baja Whalewatching Tour: Sea of Cortez (Feb 15-26)

February 24

Dear whalewatchers:
We had a busy day today. We started with a sunrise at Punta Colorado at Isla San Jose. We travelled to the southern end of Isla San Jose and did a mangrove tour for birding opportunities from our skiffs.
We went offshore to look for wildlife midday and found some scattered mobula rays. We ended our day with sea lions at Los Islotes and a back deck BBQ at Isla Espiritu Santo.
We’re  headed to la Paz to swim with the whale sharks for our last full day tomorrow morning.
Captain Mike and the boys
2024-02-26T06:04:00-08:00February 26th, 2024|Trip Reports|
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2024 Baja Whalewatching Tour: Sea of Cortez (Feb 15-26)

February 23

Dear whalewatchers:
What an awesome day in the Sea of Cortez today. We started with a walk around Bahia Agua Verde. The birders picked out four endemic Xantus’ hummingbirds, always a treat to see on the peninsula.
We left around lunchtime and kept tracking north where we saw our first blue whale about 5 miles away. We started seeing more spouts the further up we went we stayed with a single blue whale, which we followed for the better part of a hour.
Captain Ryan spotted some activity closer to the peninsula which looked like  pair of blue whales together. We got closer and we realized we were in for a treat. We watched three blue whales lunge feeding around the boat for two or three hours until the sun went down. We think we saw somewhere between 6 and 10 blue whales today.
We’re anchored for dinner and going to head south for Punta Colorado tomorrow on Isla San Jose.
Captain Mike and the boys
2024-02-24T15:09:50-08:00February 24th, 2024|Trip Reports|
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2024 Baja Whalewatching Tour: Sea of Cortez (Feb 15-26)

February 22

Dear whalewatchers:
We woke up to a picturesque Baja sunrise and started the day with a nice hike at Isla San Francisco. We departed around lunchtime and started working up the Sea of Cortez looking for wildlife. We encountered a huge area of common dolphins near Isla San Jose. This herd was a couple of square miles with animals all spread out. We also saw some more humpback whales in the area.
We made our way up to Bahia Agua Verde for our anchorage tonight. We’re hoping for more tomorrow as we look for new species and landscapes.
Captain Mike and the boys
2024-02-23T05:45:20-08:00February 23rd, 2024|Trip Reports|
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2024 Baja Whalewatching Tour: offshore Cabo San Lucas (Feb 15-26)

February 21

Dear whalewatchers:
Our humpback whale encounters today were as good as it gets! In the areas around Cabo San Lucas we found multiple friendly groups of mothers with calves, and escorts.
We stayed with a couple different groups for hours and our passengers had opportunities to photograph and observe breaching and tail lobbing behaviors that make humpback whales famous.
We needed the day by going ashore at a beautiful beach along the shoreline of the southern part of the Baja California peninsula.
We’re headed into the Sea of Cortez tomorrow.
Captain Mike and the boys
2024-02-22T06:34:05-08:00February 22nd, 2024|Trip Reports|
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2024 Baja Whalewatching Tour: Bahia Magdalena (Feb 15-26)

February 20

Dear whale watchers:
Good evening,
Another epic day on the Pacific Ocean. We spent our day outside Bahia Magdelena looking at humpback whales all day. We enjoyed lots of active whales and up-close whales for great photography. We’ll be around the area of Cabo San Lucas and we are hoping for more of the same tomorrow.
Captain Mike and the boys
2024-02-21T09:34:05-08:00February 21st, 2024|Trip Reports|
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2024 Baja Whalewatching Tour (Feb 15-26) Laguna San Ignacio

February 18

Dear whale watchers:
We arrived to the entrance at Laguna San Ignacio around 0830 this morning. There was a pretty good swell but the Jesus from our friends and colleagues at Kuyima met us at the entrance and showed us the way in. We got our anchor down near Rocky Point at about 1030 and got the whale watchers out in the pangas (locals’ skiffs) right away.
There are lots of whales around, more than 100, here right now and it looks like more are on the way. There’s plenty to look at and a few friendly whales visited as well.
It’s been an awesome day with awesome weather. We’re camping out tonight and going to do it again tomorrow.
Captain Mike and the boys
2024-02-19T17:08:00-08:00February 19th, 2024|Trip Reports, Uncategorized|
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2024 Baja Whalewatching Tour (Feb 15-26) Islas San Benito

February 17

Dear whalewatchers:
We had a nice day at Isla San Benito. The elephant seal population, as well as the fur seal population, on the island seem to be quite healthy. Excellent birding as well.
After leaving the island, we spent time with a few single humpback whales. We’re headed for Laguna San Ignacio now.
Captain Mike and the boys
2024-02-19T06:50:30-08:00February 19th, 2024|Trip Reports, Uncategorized|
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2024 Baja Whalewatching Tour (Feb 15-26) Ensenada and southbound

February 16

Dear whalewatchers:
We departed last night on our first Baja adventure of the year. We cleared customs and immigration check in Ensenada around 0730 am and made a left turn for Islas San Benito.
Just south of Punta Banda on the Banda Bank, there was a lot of life around. We had gray whales, common dolphin and Pacific white-sided dolphin. Along with gulls, shearwaters, pelicans and cormorants. Later in the day, the action decreased though we did see a few distant albatross and late in the afternoon we had a red-billed tropicbird fly overhead.   We’ll be at San Benitos first thing in the morning.
Captain Mike and the boys
2024-02-17T06:46:09-08:00February 17th, 2024|Trip Reports, Uncategorized|
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