Hello whalewatchers,
Another great day with fabulous weather–sunny skies and calm conditions. We started early with a hike on Isla Santa Catalina . This island is definitely one of my favorite stops on our trip. The cactus are tremendous. A snorkel session after the hike was spoiled a little with jelly fish but the visibility was good and there were plenty of fish. Great conditions for a Krazy Koastal Kruise with Kapt Kenny and Capt Aaron.
We had great lunch of Charles’ “gourmet” cheeseburgers and pesto pasta salad in calm seas. We stayed in deep water this afternoon and hoped for a toothed whale. We had a pair of blue whales that we had a great look at and another fluker. We saw what we thought were pilot whales but it turned out to be a group of 200 or so sea lions! They were a long ways from shore about 12 miles to the nearest land. We assume they were out feeding.
We also saw couple of other distant blue whales and a great sunset to end the day.
More tomorrow,
Capt Art
