Hello whalewatchers: We decided to relocate today further south where we knew there were whales for our day’s activities. We started north of the Cabo Pulmo area and headed south. The weather was perfect with glassy conditions–we could see for miles! We saw breaching humpbacks in the distance and on our way there, we came across a single blue whale. We elected to spend some time with the blue whale. And then while we were waiting for the whale to surface, we saw common dolphins, more humpbacks, Guadalupe fur seals and a few sea turtles. We were busy! The blue whale came up right next to us a couple of times so we had some good looks. It’s always a very special experience when the largest animal on the planet is that close.
We left that area and didn’t go very far when we saw a dwarf sperm whale on the surface–it turned out to be two dwarf sperm whales-another special experience. Then an adult male sperm whale surfaced! We had a good look in the binoculars and we waited an hour for the next surfacing. Meanwhile some more humpbacks kept us occupied while we waited. The sperm whale surfaced and we were able to get a good look at it. They are amazing animals. We spotted a few more dwarf sperm whales and then we decided to head south again. All this happened before noon! We came across more humpbacks and another blue whale, by the way, as well.
We ended the day with humpbacks fluking around sunset. What a great day! And a good end to our first 2016 tour. We’ll head back south with a new group next week.
Team Searcher
