Hello whalewatchers: Today we got a break from the wind. We were able to get out to look for a whale. We had a quick look at a Bryde’s whale and a good look at a fin whale, and then we saw a tall spout that we thought was a blue whale. It was down for 13-15 minutes and wasn’t very watchable so we elected to head north along the peninsula. We saw plenty of bird life– boobies, Sabines gulls, red billed tropicbird, and lots of least and black storm petrels, but a lack of whales or dolphins until we made it up to Isla Monserate. Then we saw common dolphin and a humpback whale feeding with lots of birds.
West of the island we saw all the signs associated with ballen whales such as krill, phalaropes, manta,s but no whales. The weather is calm and the forecast looks good for the remainder of the trip. Lookinfg forward to tomorrow at Isla Santa Catalina, Team Searcher.
Today’s picture is of a humpback in front of the boat.
