Hello whalewatchers,
We arrived in Laguna San Ignacio this morning after breakfast. The wind was up but subsided enough to go whalewatching among the gray whales. Everyone enjoyed the first trip and after a quick break, they went out again for their second trip of the morning. The weather continued to improve and we enjoyed some ideal conditions for our time here. We were able to put the shade canopy up!
Long-time colleagues and friends, Josele of Kuyima and Capt Art, enjoy the shade on our back deck, while the passengers are enjoying the gray whales!
There are a lot of whales here! We’ve seen some mating groups and some curious mom/calf pairs. We hope to get the recent census numbers today. Passengers witnessed lots of breaching whales too.
Lunch was Baja-fresh tuna sandwiches with tomato bisque soup. Yummy!
Team Searcher
Afternoon update:
We had a tremendous day with great weather and lots of whales. Our panga drivers did a great job today–Frederico, Choppie and Ramiro–with their comfortable big “Cadillac” pangas with plenty of room for all.
Choppie is pictured in the foreground and a grey whale coming to the surface in the background. We had great whale watching from Searcher today as well.
We plan to turn off the generators off tonight for quiet time to listen to the whales and stargaze.
Team Searcher
