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Tour #1: Ensenada and Islas Todos Santos

Hello all,
Day 1 of our 2014 whale watching season has been great so far! We’ve seen three species of large whales, all before by 1 PM–gray, humpback and fin whales. There were also some common dolphin around Islas Todos Santos, along with several elephant seals and sea lions. We didn’t stay long because the ocean is really calm and we wanted to get offshore and see what we could find. We’ve enjoyed lots of bird life with plenty of black-vented shearwaters, Xantus’murrelets, gulls , Northern fulmar and Cassin’s auklet. Today’s picture is a gray whale fluke. It came from a group of 10 gray whales headed south. We spent an hour with them and had to leave to keep with the schedule. Looking forward to tomorrow.
Team Searcher

2014-01-24T19:45:53-08:00January 24th, 2014|Trip Reports|
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Tour #1 is off and running!

Guests and naturalists (Rob Nawojchik, Steven Swartz, and Rafe Payne) on watch already this morning, looking for migrating gray whales and seabirds. Reports to follow!

2020-07-15T16:35:10-07:00January 24th, 2014|Trip Reports|
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First 2014 tour date has arrived!

We have been busy readying our vessel and ourselves, and the day has arrived. Passengers from New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, UK, and Germany will be boarding the boat today and departing tonight for our first tour of 2014. Dr Rafe Payne and Rob Nawojchik will be the naturalists on this journey, and Dr Steven Swartz will join along until he arrives at his research station in Laguna San Ignacio. Wishing them fair seas and loads of whales!

2014-01-23T12:09:26-08:00January 23rd, 2014|News|
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BIG whale census day!

Gray Whale Census Update, Pt. Vicente: THIRTY-SEVEN GRAY WHALES, including a huge pod of twelve! Multiple sightings joined, milled, and separated, causing lots of confusion as we tried to accurately count and track them. One whale SPYHOPPED right next to Whale Rock. As another gray whale milled, a nearby small boat caused it to disappear for a while. Some slow-moving whales took an hour to pass us. A huge pod of at least 12 grays swam about five miles offshore; we watched them for an hour and twenty minutes before we could positively identify them as gray whales, since we needed to use spotting scopes i order to see their backs and flukes. Many FIN WHALES moved through our field of view, adding to our confusion; one was about a mile offshore, but most were further away in the Redondo Canyon. We also spotted COMMON DOLPHIN, BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN, and PACIFIC WHITE-SIDED DOLPHIN.

2014-01-15T07:21:41-08:00January 15th, 2014|News|
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Census from LA (Janaury 12)

ACS/LA Gray Whale Census Update (Pt. Vicente): Twelve more GRAY WHALES! One whale rolled, displaying the sides of its flukes. Another whale milled for ten minutes and did a bubble blast. BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN (3-5) accompanied another whale. Gray whales in eight of nine sightings fluked. Two PROBABLE FIN WHALES emitted very tall blows, but we lost them before we could confirm their ID. We also spotted COMMON DOLPHIN and BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN. Our sunset ended with a nice series of green flashes; one turned blue at the end. -Alisa
Please check out our RECORD counts: http://www.acs-la.org/daily.htm

2014-01-13T06:10:05-08:00January 12th, 2014|News|
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