Captain's Blog

Hello whalewatchers: Today was a great day at Isla San Benito. We enjoyed a light breeze and the marine layer burned off in the late morning–perfect day for a hike. The group had a good time and saw all the usual suspects on the island. There were less elephant seals as most of the females have left their pups to feed. But there are plenty of “weaners” still found on the beaches.
After leaving the island we found an incredible amount of auklets, murrelets and shearwaters. The highlight was a laysan albatross. We don’t see them this close to shore regularly, so it was a treat.
Looking forward to another visit in Laguna San Ignacio.
Team Searcher

Hello whalewatchers: After a great sunrise trip into the mangroves at Isla San Jose, we headed towards Los Islotes for a skiff ride and a snorkel session. We came across two large male sperm whales. We were able to get close to one of them and everyone had a great look. We also saw multiple dwarf sperm whales and some more pilot whales in the distance as well. It was a “toothed whale” morning.
The conditions were tremendous with calm seas and no wind. The best weather day of the trip for the finale. Everyone enjoyed the sea lions too!
Today’s photo is of the sperm whale on the surface.

Team Searcher

Hello whalewatchers,: This has to be one of the more interesting seasons with the amount of rain we have seen in Baja. It’ll make for very green conditions on the islands, but we never need rain gear here!  When the rain quit today and the skies cleared,, we found two blue whale cow calf pairs. We spent 3.5 hours with them and had great looks at both cows and calves. The adults were very large whales. We left the blue whales and headed south towards the area we saw the sperm whales with hopes of a repeat with a little more time. The rain continued off and on and we didn’t see any. We did see two Bryde’s whales, and we got great looks at one of these whales. We are anchored for Margarita night and the back deck buffet. Today’s photo is one of the blue whale cows on the surface. Team 

Hello whalewatchers: We had a wondeful day at Isla Santa Catalina. Everyone enjoyed the walk with the highlight being 2 rattleless rattlesnakes. Two skiffs full of snorkellers with a skiff entry came back raving about all the fish seen. One skiff returned from Kaptain Kenny’s Krazy Koastal Kruise and all were very happy.
We went offshore in glaswy conditions. We saw two Brydes whales, a big group of common dolphins, and a group of pilot whales in the distance. We also saw lots of storm petrels, red phalropes and rays jumping. We are headed for Bahia Agua Verde for tomorrow.
Team Searcher

Hello whalewatchers: We enjoyed a great sunrise at Punta Colorado this morning. Then we had a  great walk and snorkel session. We left Punta Colorado and went offshore looking for wildlife. It didn’t take long to find some long-beaked common dolphin. A little further west, we came across a large area of smooth-tailed mobulas jumping. They covered about a 2 mile area. This is somethig that we hope to see on our trips, and when we do, it is such a treat. We still don’t have a clear picture as to what they are doing but it is fun to watch.
We left them and found an area of pilot whales, a big group spread out over a mile. We had some great looks. A little while after those pilot whales, we came across another big group.
To finish the day off we saw two sperm whales in the distance we didn’t get close to them before they dove but it was great to see.
Today’s photo is of the distinctive dorsal fin on a pilot whale.
Team Searcher

Hello whalewatchers: We enjoyed excellent whalewatching today! We observed lots and lots of humpback whales all day. We followed several groups of multiple whales and had great viewing, including lots of fluke shots, which is always a crowd pleaser. There was plenty of breaching, including cows and calves. I think everyone had fun today–I know I did. Today’s photo is of one of our passengers and a group of humpbacks.
Team Searcher

Hello whalewatchers: We had an incredible humpback whale show this afternoon with two whales breaching , flipper flapping, tail lobbing and more. There were other whales in the area but these two whales were great. It will be hard to beat tomorrow around the Gorda Banks, but we’ll try.
In addition to the humpbacks we saw loads of common dolphin and sea birds. All the action this afternoon was just south of Mag Bay. We hadood conditions with light winds and seas. We are looking forward to tomorrow.
Today’s photo is of a humpback whale on the surface. Note the white pectoral flippers.
Team Searcher