Surrounded by six gray whales
Still absorbing this experience…those of us in the skiff are amazed and rather QUIET for whalewatchers! These three cow-calf pairs sort of came upon us together, without much warning. Enjoy!
Sharing 2012 Photos and Videos
We are really enjoying passenger photos and videos from our 2012 season. Thank you! Sharing one here from Richard Crossen (http://www.richardcrossenphotography.co.uk). It shows Jose Angel and a baby gray whale next to our skiff. The whale calf has its mouth open so the white baleen feeding apparatus is showing. Jose Angel (son of a long-time friend and colleague in Laguna San Ignacio) came for a short visit and was right at home with his gray whale neighbors. The calf probably got its sensitive tongue and lips rubbed by Jose Angel. They seem to like that!
<p>Jose Angel and gray © Richard Crossen</p>
Your world view in Laguna San Ignacio, photo by Chris Shields
Us and gray whales © Chris Shields
How Rob fuels before his lectures….
Many thanks to Rich Crossen for capturing these classic “Rob” moments!
Season 2012 comes to a close
We close our 2012 with very grateful hearts and look forward to sharing Baja California with you in 2013!
We visit these special places and leave a little bit of ourselves there.
This time we are growing into wavy barrel cacti on Isla Santa Catalina!
Tour #5: southern Sea of Cortez
Dear whalewatchers:
After a beautiful sunrise at Isla Cerralvo, we had perfect ocean conditions but very little wildlife action for the morning. However things heated up around lunchtime as we found bottlenose dolphins with a juvenile humpback, several more humpbacks, and even a trio of humpbacks (mother, calf and escort) that allowed us to observe them for more than an hour. The calf surfaced often right next to the boat.
We travelled south to find more whales and also found a large school of smooth-tailed mobula rays that swam right under the surface and also right next to the boat. Every few minutes one would leap out of the water, challenging the photographers. But the water clarity let us follow the entire school for about 30 minutes.
At sunset, two humpbacks joined a single after it breached several times for all to see. We watched a trio into the sunset to end our day.
Tonight we’ll share our last dinner and stories from this fun trip.
Capt Art
