Hello whalewatchers! We started out day in fog so thick it was no visibility. Then just before we got to Todos Santos, the fog lifted and we saw elephant seals, harbor seals, California sea lions. and 2 black oystercatchers. Then we found a few gray whales going north. Then we found a cow/calf humpback whale pair! The baby was so small (we called it a “bumpback”) and it was even fluking! We continued on and and then found four fin whales logging on the surface. One actually went under the boat!
While watching the fin whales, we were interrupted by a pair of laysan albatrosses circling the boat. And then we found a pair of blue whales that were slowly cruising along under the surface. To finish our look at a blue whale, it waved good bye by fluking for us right off the bow.
Later in the day we added a Bryde’s whale to our list. We managed to get a close look it too. We had some common dolphin escort us into the last few minutes of daylight before we called it a day.
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew
