gray whales

Hello whalewaters,
Another classic day in Laguna San Ignacio! We enjoyed great weather in the morning and all three pangas had close encounters with multiple cows and calves. We had a little breeze after lunch but that didn’t matter to the whales, good trips for all the pangas again. The last trip was to the beach for a walk and everyone that went seemed to enjoy it.
We are heading south this evening and I am feeling a bit sad leaving the lagoon for the last time this season. I have this feeling every year. Laguna San Ignacio is such a special place and everyone that visits gets the same impression. We are so fortunate to be able to bring people here. I can’t wait for next year when I get to come back to this special place.
More tomorrow from the Mag Bay area,
Capt Art

Hello whalwatchers,
Today was another magical day in Laguna San Ignacio. We had good weather for most of the day that allowed us to get in some really good whalewatching. There are a lot of cows and calves for this time of the year with the census done two days ago and the results were 117 cow calf pairs and 7 singles, for a total of 241 whales in the lagoon. I certainly can’t remember ever seeing these numbers this late in the season.
Everyone had a close encounter on every trip today and the calves are the highlight . We also had at least two different cows and calves visit the Searcher for long periods of time and so the whale watching from the boat was excellent. We were able to get the scrub brush out and scratch the whales with it again this trip.
We did things a little differently today in the afternoon with the tide dictating our trip to the mangroves. We had a high tide this afternoon so the group went to the mangroves after a whalewatch trip after lunch. It sounded like a great trip with a long bird list.
Looking forward to tomorrow,
Capt Art