Dear whalwatchers:
We are on our third trip of the season and we have great weather outside Ensenada. In the harbor we had two bottlenose dolphin greet us while the officials cleared the boat–a nice way to start the day. Islas Todos Santos are green and we saw all the usual suspects at the island– 3 different pinnipeds, peregrine falcon, oystercatchers, several black-vented shearwaters and more before arriving. After leaving the island we immediately started seeing northbound gray whales and some long-beaked common dolphin. We travelled for a short while and came upon a group of 8 gray whales, so we spent some time with them and had great looks at gray whales.
Also on our sighting list for today: lots of shearwaters, alcids, a few black legged kiitiwakes and a laysan albatross for the bird watchers and a small baleen whale that gave us a quick look but not quite good enough to ID it –most likely a minke whale based on what we did see.
We are enjoying calm seas and a great sunset to end the day.
Looking forward to returning to Isla San Benito.
More tomorrow,
Capt Art
