Captain's Blog

Hello whalewatchers:

We spent our day outside Bahia Magdalena.  We started the morning with a large pod of common dolphin.  Rob, our naturalist, thinks there were over a thousand of them in the pod.

We had steady action on humpbacks as well all day, including a breacher out of the window during lunch time. It was a little breezy mid-morning until early afternoon, and around 2pm it glassed off.  We ended with brochure weather this evening and we shut down to watch the sunset and drift for dinner.

We’ll be around the cape looking for humpbacks first thing in the morning.

Captain Mike and the boys

Hello whalewatchers:

Our last day in the lagoon did not disappoint.  We woke up to three adult grey whales swimming around the boat.  They hung out during breakfast and for a while after.

Our group split up and the birders went for a skiff ride to the mangroves, and the whalers went whalewatching. There were a few curious mother/calf pairs throughout the day and a few lucky folks had a special encounter with an adult. We finished another great day in Laguna San Ignacio with a beach walk.

We’re southbound again, headed for Bahia Magdalena.

Captain Mike and the boys

Hello whalewatchers:

We arrived at the entrance to Laguna San Ignacio right at sunrise.  We were greeted at the sand bar by numerous gray whales.  We got across the bar and into the anchorage by around 8am and got the groups in the pangas right away.

The latest census stated that there were 57 singles and 21 mother/calf pairs here so there were plenty of whales to look at today. Before the wind came up in the afternoon the folks had multiple friendly encounters. We’re hoping for some more tomorrow.

Captain Mike and the boys

February 13

Hello whalewatchers:

We had a nice day at Isla San Benito today. The weather has been fair at best. It has been windy and rainy, but it looks like it’s starting to back off.

The island’s Guadalupe fur seal colony seems to be growing and healthy. Rob, our naturalist, says he has never seen so many on West island.  So this is a nice suprise along with the Elephant seals on the beach.

We took off around 3pm and after about a hour of looking, we found an area of feeding fin whales and humpbacks.  We spent about a hour with them and we were able to get some very good looks.  We will be at Laguna San ignacio first thing in the morning.

February 12

Hello whalewatchers:

Good afternoon,