Tour #5 Islas Los Islotes and more

Dear whalewatchers: The group has arrived to Cabo San Lucas and has departed the boat. The report from yesterday was stellar! They enjoyed some birdwatching in the mangroves at Isla San Jose, snorkeling with sea lions at Islas Los Islotes and then the trip topper–time spent watching sperm whales–Wow!

Next tour leaves Wednesday, lead by Searcher’s Paul Jones and Birdquest’s Marc Van Beirs, and we’ll get back to full daily reports.

2015-04-04T11:37:54-07:00April 4th, 2015|Trip Reports|

Tour 4 Isla San Jose

Hello whalewatchers: A wonderful sunrise at Punta Colorado this morning! Passengers enjoyed great hike and a snorkel session in 74- degree water. Beautiful conditions with light winds and calm seas again. It is remarkable the luck we are having with the weather and the forecast looks good for the rest of the trip. We travelled up the San Jose channel and located two bull sperm whales. We had great lighting and they are staying on the surface long enough to get some photos. Today’s photo is a sperm whale on the surface.tour 4 sperm
Team Searcher

2020-07-15T16:34:55-07:00March 17th, 2015|Trip Reports|

Tour #1: Islas San Jose and Los Islotes

Hello whalewatchers,
We enjoyed another beautiful day in sunny Baja. We started our day with a pre-breakfast skiff ride in the mangroves at Isla San Jose. Everyone enjoyed this trip and the bird list was outstanding. We left there and headed for Los Islotes to snorkel with sea lions. We came across a large herd of long-beaked common dolphin and there were at least 100 dolphins.
We arrived at Los Islotes and several people went snorkelling and loved it, along with a skiff ride along the shore.
We headed south with hopes of seeing some toothed whales to round out the species list and surprisingly enough, we found some.
At first it was a group of about 15 pilot whales and just as the sun set, we came across a group of about 30 sperm whales. The lighting wasn’t that great, but we sure had some great looks. What way to end a trip!
We are arriving in Cabo San Lucas in the morning and heading north to San Diego to prepare and pick up our next group of whalewatchers.
More next trip,
Capt Art

2012-02-17T21:26:30-08:00February 17th, 2012|Uncategorized|

Tour #6 Capt Art’s favorite spot April 19

Hello whalewatchers,
Well our final day of 2011 season is here and we started the day in a great place at a great time–sunrise at Punta Colorado Isla San Jose. This is one of my favorite places in all of Baja.Thank you to Ilka Serpell who took this shot of Searcher at Punta Colorado earlier this year.

We had a beach walk on this beautiful island and then  started south towards Los Islotes looking for whales. We saw a juvenile humpback and a fin whale in windy conditions. We arived at Los Islotes and the wind died and we were able get a skiff ride and a snorkel in. We had great looks at blue-footed boobies and lots of sea lions.
We ended the trip by seeing a big group of long-beaked common dolphin and then had a quick look at a dwarf sperm whale.
What a great day for our final day! And what an incredible season we had with really good whale sightings all season and terrific guests! I can’t say enough about the people we met this year and how much fun we all had.

Thank you all so very much for joining us this year and we hope to see some of you in the future.

Keep checking my blog as we’ll continue to report from the San Diego area and about our upcoming Memorial Day Wildlife Weekend.

Capt Art

2020-07-15T16:35:22-07:00April 20th, 2011|Trip Reports|

Tour #2 Valentine’s Day blue whale!

Hello whalewatchers,
Happy Valentines day to everyone!

We had a great day with gorgeous weather. It was calm and we had no wind. It doesn’t get much better than this here in the Sea of Cortez. We started our day with a beautiful sunrise at Punta Colorado, Isla San Jose. A Krazy Koastal Kruise for everyone was next, then a walk up the arroyo and to top it off, a snorkel. This all happened before noon. (Hilary Thompson’s photo of the ash-throated flycatcher is attached. These flycatchers are often seen on Baja’s islands and peninsula locations.)

We then travelled west towards the peninsula and were rewarded with a big blue whale that was very cooperative allowing us to get close and follow it for a while. After that we came accross a group of pilot whales and we had a good time with them. We travelled a little way north but didn’t see too much, except a family of Craveri’s murrelets with two adults and two chicks. After that we decided to stop and turn the engines off and enjoy the sunset, which was spectacular.
Looking forward to tomorow at Isla Catalina and the weather forecast looks good.
Capt Art

p.s. We’ll be enjoying some chocolate-dipped strawberries tonite and toasting our loved ones!

2011-02-19T15:21:40-08:00February 14th, 2011|Trip Reports|

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