Hello whalewatchers:
Happy Valentines Day!
Satellite view of southern Baja California peninsula
We started the day in Bahia La Paz (the large bay on the eastern side of the Baja peninsula, seen at lower left). Our whale shark partner from Chicalera Tours met us to provide the whale shark service. Everyone came back thrilled with the trip with plenty of opportunities to view and photograph a whale shark.
We left there and travelled north in the bay looking for wildlife and came across a group of bottlenose dolphin. We visited one of the bays at Isla Partida to take a look at the nice beaches. We saw a blue-footed booby, an osprey and a peregrin falcon in the bay.
Before lunch we came across a herd of long-beaked common dolphins, about 400-500 dolphins.
A day of love and chocolate, and whale sharks!
Los Islotes: snorkeling with sea lions and reef fishes
We ended the day with a snorkel session with sea lions and a skiff ride around the islet for the non-snorkelers. The conditions were perfect. Chefs Dan and Sara served a wonderful dinner of rack of lamb, roasted red potatoes, squash, fresh bread, and then peach cobbler with fresh whipped cream for desert.
Capt Art and Team Searcher
