Hello whalewatchers,
Today was an incredible day with clear skies, and nice and warm. The group went ashore at Isla Catalina for a couple of hours ands came back very happy with the hike and commented on how beautiful the island was. Part of the group went snorkelling and the visibility was great and the water was warm again.
We left after lunch and headed towards the peninsula looking for whales and dolphins. We came across yet another species of whale that brings the total to 12 different species so far. There were 2 different groups of pilot whales 30 – 40 animals each. We had great looks for a while and then continued on hoping for a large baleen whale.
Shortly after the pilot whales we came across a mega-herd of common dolphin. Just guessing but there had to be 2 thousand dolphin stretched out for over a 2-mile area. It is always great to see that many dolphin.
It didn’t take very long after the dolphin and we spotted a very tall spout and it was a blue whale. We saw 3 whales in the area-a cow and calf and a single adult that was fluking. We had great looks at a large blue whale.
Another great day in the Sea of Cortez.
More tomorrow,
Capt Art