Hello whalewatchers:
Happy easter to everyone! We had a great day today with really good weather, light winds and calm seas. We did a quick visit to Isla Todos Santos and saw all three pinnipeds hauled out and all the usual suspects on south island–harbor seals. Calif sea lions and elephant seals. We left and headed south. It didn’t take very long before we saw four humpback whales including a cow and calf. Lots of life just south of Isla Todos Santos with plenty of sooty, black vented and pink footed shearwaters, cassins and rhino auklets, Xantus murlets and red phalropes.
As lunch was being served we came across five blue whales in a 2-mile area.Two of the whales were fluking. We had some great looks at these whales. It is great to see blue whales this far north. The prospects for our wildlife weekend at the end of May should be great for blue whales and plenty of space available.
There was a group of humpbacks in the same area that were tail lobbing and thrashing around that made for good photo opportunities. We continued south and came across a large herd of common dolphins. We were able to spend about a half hour with them before heading further south.It was a great day that ended with a wonderful sunset.
Looking forward to going ashore with Celia tomorrow at Isla San Benito.
Capt Art
