Hello whalewatchers,
We started the day in Bahia La Paz with a beautiful sunrise and breakfast. The weather is awesome with light winds and calm seas. We plan to snorkel with whale sharks this morning. Our partner Jesus with Chicalera Tours arrived at 8 am. We loaded all the snorkelers and observers in two of his pangas. Everyone had a wonderful experience! Curious about how that works? Click here: Whale Shark Encounter.
While the snorkelers were out, we spotted two blue whales to the west. They actually swam in between the boat and the beach. I’m sure the whales were in 30 feet of water. We reported the whales to the whale shark pangas, and after they we’re finished watching whale sharks they followed what turned out to be three blue whales for an hour. What a bonus! To see whale sharks and blue whales in the same trip is unheard of by us.
We left the whale shark area and headed north to end the day at los Isoletes with sea lions! We found a pair of humpback whales fluking and during first call for lunch “Cheeseburgers in Paradise,” we found three more fluking humpbacks., then another blue whale, some bottlenose dolphin, and some smooth-tailed mobulas jumping.
Then more blue whales and more mobulas. Wow! On on to the sea lions at Los Islotes!
Team Searcher
