Hello whalewatchers,
We had another great day starting at beautiful Punta Colorado, Isla San Jose at sunrise with sunny skies and light winds. Everyone enjoyed the walk with lots to see and lots of plants in bloom. We left at lunch time and started looking for whales and dolphin.
Before locating any whales we saw Craveri’s murrelets, red-billed tropicbird, and longtailed jeager. Those are life birds for most people so it was great to see these birds in just a two-hour span.
We then saw some spouts in the distance. We went that way and saw several whales on the surface. We concluded they were sperm whales! The closer we got the more whales we saw. Tt turned out there were at times 20 sperm whales on the surface at once over a 3 or 4 mile area. Who knows how many were there? We stayed with the sperm whales for two hours and the sun went down. The last good look we had was a large male along side of a female. It was great to see the size difference between a male and female.
Looking forward to tomorrow at Isla Catalina.
Capt Art