Hello whalewatchers:
We had another beautiful weather day here and we started our morning by watching mobula rays jumping all around us. 
Then a blue whale swam by and we spent some time watching it. 
We also found some humpbacks and Risso’s dolphins, and a cow/calf pair dwarf sperm whale. We’ve had a great day, once again!
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew
Hello whalewatchers: We had another great day here on Searcher. Passengers had a nice walk on Isla San Jose island followed by a snorkel. After we got the anchor up and on our way,we found a pod of long-beaked common dolphins–around 450 in the group. The ocean was calm and we could actually see all the animals above and below the water. Then the boys on the roof spotted something different and we went that way. Those animals turned out to be Risso dolphins. They were logging, breaching and leaping all around. Then about 4 miles away was a group of sperm whales. There were about 30-40 animals and it was really good viewing for a couple of hours. 
There were three bottlenose dolphin in the same area and they were jumping around us, as we drifted listening to the sperm whales on the the hydrophone. Apparently a couple of humpbacks wanted our attention as well so they were breaching and tail lobbing off in the distance. Another wonderful thing were two adult and two baby Craveri’s murrelets on the water. We are headed to Isla Santa Catalina tonight and will be going ashore there tomorrow. Wish us luck!
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew
Hello whalewatchers: We had another great day here on Searcher. We started with a nice sunrise and then our passengers got the chance to view whale sharks from the boat or while snorkeling! After we left that area, we worked north and found a group of pilot whales. 
There were about 35 animals and most of the animals spyhopped and logged on the water with their heads bobbing out of the water. It was like they were watching us watching them! After that we found an area with humpback whales and so many turtles that I lost count. We also saw rays gliding thru the water and jumping as well. It was an amazing day.
After lunch we went to Los Islotes and had the place to ourselves. We finished the day with a skiff ride and a snorkel with beautiful fish and a few friendly sea lions moving north tonight wish us luck tomorrow.
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew
Hello whalewatchers: We are enjoying calm ocean here today and there are some whales around too! We started our morning off watching a tail lobbing humpback, then moved onto another group where we were lucky enough to get a view of a double breach–side by side!
We had a nice look at a red-billed tropic bird sitting on the water, and a few bottlenose dolphins too. We’re going ashore this afternoon for a little hike and a swim to cool off afterwards.
Frigatebirds found a good spot to rest aboard Searcher today!
We had a great afternoon today at Los Frailes. But just before we got there, we watched three humpbacks fluking and one jumped right in front of us! It was amazing. Those that chose to go for a swim enjoyed cooling off after a warm day. We’re headed up into the gulf with very nice weather tonight. Wish us luck tomorrow.
Capt Aaron and Team Searcher
Hello whalewatchers: We have a very nice ocean to view wildlife today. We spent the morning with two blue whales (one fluked every time it dove) and some humpbacks traveling north. Lots of sea turtles and really good birding– masked boobies, frigatebirds, pink-footed shearwaters, and phalaropes. We can’t wait to see what the afternoon brings our way!
Good afternoon whalewatchers: We had some really good looks at humpback whales who were tail lobbing and flipper flapping. The weather is nice still and we’re headed south to see what we see tomorrow.
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew
Hello whalewatchers: We had another great day in Laguna San Ignacio. This morning we had a birding excursion into the mangroves for those interested. They had a great time seeing lots of birds and even saw a coyote playing in the water. As the day went on the wind backed off and we enjoyed friendly whales and happy whalewatchers. 
We’re headed south now to see what tomorrow brings us. Wish us luck!
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew
Hello whalewatchers: We are in Laguna San Ignacio today and this morning’s whalewatching was good. The wind died down shortly after we got our first pangas (skiffs) out. Just about everyone has touched a whale today, or a whale has touched them. The weather looks good and we’re gonna go out a couple more times after lunch. Wish us luck!
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew
Hello whalewatchers: We have really good whalewatching here! Pangas drifted right off the bow of the Searcher with cow/calf pairs just taking turn getting close to our very lucky people. The weather just got better all day long as an added bonus. We all enjoyed a nice sunset too.
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew
Hellw whalewatchers;
We had a great day on Isla San Benito. Passengers had really good looks at ospreys starting their nesting season and Guadalupe fur seals were active today as well. There were still some large, male beachmaster elephant seals on the beach today. The plant life was dry but there were some good birds to be seen. Two types of hummingbirds (Annas and Costas) were spotted. The highlight for those that walked up to the lighthouse got to see a blue whale not too far off the island.
And those that didn’t make it that far saw one as we left the island and started to motor south to Laguna San Ignacio. It was a very long-winded blue whale, so we only got to see it once. But we were treated to Pacific white-ided dolphins which we won’t see further south. For seabirds, we had a very good amount of Cassin’s auklets, black-vented shearwaters, about a dozen Manx shearwaters, and two peregrine falcons who were chasing seabirds.
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew
Hello whalewatchers! We started out day in fog so thick it was no visibility. Then just before we got to Todos Santos, the fog lifted and we saw elephant seals, harbor seals, California sea lions. and 2 black oystercatchers. Then we found a few gray whales going north. Then we found a cow/calf humpback whale pair! The baby was so small (we called it a “bumpback”) and it was even fluking! We continued on and and then found four fin whales logging on the surface. One actually went under the boat!
While watching the fin whales, we were interrupted by a pair of laysan albatrosses circling the boat. And then we found a pair of blue whales that were slowly cruising along under the surface. To finish our look at a blue whale, it waved good bye by fluking for us right off the bow.
Later in the day we added a Bryde’s whale to our list. We managed to get a close look it too. We had some common dolphin escort us into the last few minutes of daylight before we called it a day.
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew
