Hello whalewatchers,
Well the weather finally straightened out and we had flat, calm conditions for most of today. We had a phenomenal day of whalewatching. We saw the smallest baleen whale and the largest baleen whale along with three other species of baleen whales.
We started the day with a minke whale that was curious and stayed with us for about an hour. I personally haven’t ever seen a minke whale in the Sea of Cortez.
We followed that up with 4 or 5 blue whales and then we saw a fin whale and a Bryde’s whale in between looking at blue whales.
We had a blue whale calf hang out with us for a while and it came right up to the boat and swam around us several times. What a treat and all that before 7 am! We saw two humpback whales not too far from all the other whales. There were common dolphin and manta rays to look at as well.
We continued to look at fluking blue whales for the rest of the morning and decided to visit Las Galeras, two islets north of Isla Monserrate. We snorkeled and did skiff rides for those who were interested.
After that we went back out to the area where all the whales were and found the blue whales fluking again.
Wow!! What a day! We have been waiting for a break in the weather so we could have some quality whalewatching and it all worked out…must be more of that Baja magic.
Looking forward to tomorrow with good conditions again and hopefully some more whales.
Capt Art
