Hello whalewatchers:

We had some great whalewatching today! We travelled out towards Islas Las Animas first thing this morning. We were able to get close and observe the California sea lions and the Guadalupe fur seals colonizing the small islet. We then headed towards the peninsula and located a large area of sperm whales. I estimate there were at least 20 in the area, multiple mother/calf pairs, groups of three or four, and several who fluked upon diving. We had what we believed was a breacher as well, but never got close enough to properly identify it.

(Thank you to Rob N for use of his photo of sperm whales.)

We ended our day at Puerto Gato with some some snorkeling and a bird walk up the wash. We added four new species to the bird list, including an endemic gray thrasher. Beautiful weather all day today.

Captain Mike and Team Searcher