Hello whalewatchers: We watched some humpback whales today that were very active– fluking and breaching. (Many thanks to Rob Nawojchik for the photo used here.) We went ashore at Los Frailes for a nice hike and finished the day with a snorkel there. Snorkelers reported seeing lots of fish. We’re heading up into the Sea of Cortez tonight to be in a area to snorkel with whale sharks.
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew
Hello whalewatchers: We had a great morning here on the ocean off Bahia Magdalena. We saw a few masked boobies to start the day, and we found a juvenile humpback that was breaching, tail lobbing and flipper flapping right next to the boat for us. We watched that for a while and then found another humpback that breached once for us and then stopped. the weather is getting nicer and nicer down and we’re still looking around for wildlife
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew
Hello whalewatchers: We are enjoying a very nice morning here in the lagoon. Our first two trips had great weather and everyone in the pangas had a friendly encounter with a whale. 
The wind has picked up here, but as I am typing this report, I hear the reports from the pangas. More great encounters! We’re hoping for a great afternoon.
Good afternoon! What a amazing day here in Laguna San Ignacio! We had contact with whales all day long. And we’re gonna try to do it again tomorrow!
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew
Hello whalewatchers: We had a great day on San Benito Island and saw lots of elephant seals.
Passengers got to see humpback whales and a blue whale while they were walking on the island, and a sperm whale had washed up on the beach. Everyone had an opportunity to see all the whale’s features up close at this sad encounter. We left the island and then had great looks at a blue whale at very close distance. Lots of great photography this afternoon! We’re headed south to San Ignacio Lagoon tonight and will be there in the mid-morning. Wish us luck!
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew
Hello whalewatchers: We’ve had very good birding this morning, including several laysan and black-footed albatross, sooty shearwaters, Bonaparte’s gulls, and common dolphin (both long- and short-beaked). We have some swell and a little wind so viewing was a bit difficult, but the weather seems to be getting better as the day goes on. Stay tuned for more action from our afternoon.
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew
For the afternoon: The weather is getting better and better! We had lots of common dolphin all day and had amazing looks at abatrosses. We did manage to find a blue whale but he was long-winded or left us behind as we only got to see the whale for a couple of breaths.
We’re headed to Islas San Benito island for a nice day on the island.
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew
Hello whalewatchers:
We had another beautiful weather day here and we started our morning by watching mobula rays jumping all around us. 
Then a blue whale swam by and we spent some time watching it. 
We also found some humpbacks and Risso’s dolphins, and a cow/calf pair dwarf sperm whale. We’ve had a great day, once again!
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew
Hello whalewatchers: We had another great day here on Searcher. Passengers had a nice walk on Isla San Jose island followed by a snorkel. After we got the anchor up and on our way,we found a pod of long-beaked common dolphins–around 450 in the group. The ocean was calm and we could actually see all the animals above and below the water. Then the boys on the roof spotted something different and we went that way. Those animals turned out to be Risso dolphins. They were logging, breaching and leaping all around. Then about 4 miles away was a group of sperm whales. There were about 30-40 animals and it was really good viewing for a couple of hours. 
There were three bottlenose dolphin in the same area and they were jumping around us, as we drifted listening to the sperm whales on the the hydrophone. Apparently a couple of humpbacks wanted our attention as well so they were breaching and tail lobbing off in the distance. Another wonderful thing were two adult and two baby Craveri’s murrelets on the water. We are headed to Isla Santa Catalina tonight and will be going ashore there tomorrow. Wish us luck!
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew
Hello whalewatchers: We had another great day here on Searcher. We started with a nice sunrise and then our passengers got the chance to view whale sharks from the boat or while snorkeling! After we left that area, we worked north and found a group of pilot whales. 
There were about 35 animals and most of the animals spyhopped and logged on the water with their heads bobbing out of the water. It was like they were watching us watching them! After that we found an area with humpback whales and so many turtles that I lost count. We also saw rays gliding thru the water and jumping as well. It was an amazing day.
After lunch we went to Los Islotes and had the place to ourselves. We finished the day with a skiff ride and a snorkel with beautiful fish and a few friendly sea lions moving north tonight wish us luck tomorrow.
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew
Hello whalewatchers: We are enjoying calm ocean here today and there are some whales around too! We started our morning off watching a tail lobbing humpback, then moved onto another group where we were lucky enough to get a view of a double breach–side by side!
We had a nice look at a red-billed tropic bird sitting on the water, and a few bottlenose dolphins too. We’re going ashore this afternoon for a little hike and a swim to cool off afterwards.
Frigatebirds found a good spot to rest aboard Searcher today!
We had a great afternoon today at Los Frailes. But just before we got there, we watched three humpbacks fluking and one jumped right in front of us! It was amazing. Those that chose to go for a swim enjoyed cooling off after a warm day. We’re headed up into the gulf with very nice weather tonight. Wish us luck tomorrow.
Capt Aaron and Team Searcher
