Hello whalewatchers,
We are extremely lucky to have had calm weather today. We could see for miles.
We started with a few common dolphin and some great looks at Craveri’s murrelets which is a special sighting and only happened because of the calm conditions. We also saw hundreds and hundreds of red phalaropes throughout the day, as well as lots of black storm petrels.
As far as whales go we had a fantastic look at a Sei whale up close with clear water so we could see the whole whale. We had good looks at humpbacks, but only a few. Another special sighting was a group of 30 to 40 Risso’s dolphins. I cant remember ever seeing these dolphin in this area before. We have seem them several times outside of Ensenada but not down here.
Another treat today was seeing sea turtles. When the weather is calm you see turtles everywhere. So we were able to get close and get good looks at mostly green sea turtles. We estimated about 40 turtles for the day.
We are compiling quite a species list and we are still on the Pacific side of the peninsula.
Looking forward to humpback day tomorrow,
Capt Art
