Hello Whalewatchers!
We started our day at Isla San Francisco with a yummy breakfast strata, made by Charley and Dan! After breakfast, we hiked and strolled along the beach. The cove here is beautiful with a long white sandy beach. The hike up the trail to the top of the ridge offers great views of the bay.
While everyone was ashore the crew went for a snorkel and reported back that there were several fish species and loads of garden eels in the sand at the bottom. When everyone returned from their on-shore adventures, they also went for the last snorkel session of the trip. Everyone enjoyed it immensely!
In the afternoon, we headed south and spent the rest of the day looking for whales. We’ll report back later on what we were able to see.
Team Searcher
Six sperm whales surface in a line in front of Searcher’s bow.
The afternoon just got better and better for weather and wildlife sightings! Our expert spotters found a large area of scattered sperm whales on the surface. We followed and observed a group of six sperm whales that surfaced, breathed, and then fluked at about the same time. It was a stunning sight! We turned on the hydrophone to hear the sonar clicks of the whales too.
A layson albatross circled the boat several times and then landed next to the boat during lunch, which most people ate while alternatively watching the sperm whales and the albatross. Still later we found a very cooperative group of jumping mobula rays. It was great entertainment for photographers to try to capture a ray or two in the air!
Tonight we will share our last dinner of a wonderful tour.
Team Searcher
