Hello whalewatchers: What an awesome day we had! We enjoyed amazing weather and our wildlife sightings started before daylight. We had common dolphins from daylight til about 8 a.m.. Shortly after that we found a pair of humpbacks, and after that we saw a cow and calf blue whale in clear, blue water with the best light possible. They were like submarines, just staying a few feet under the surface. It was amazing! After we continued on, we found a Bryde’s whale in the same conditions-it just glided under the surface for one cycle of breaths before it was gone. We really got to see the characteristics of a Brydes whale with the three ridges between the blow hole and the tip of its rostrum. To add to the sightings list, we had sea turtle almost every 1/4 mile. I lost count of how many we saw today. We finished the day with two Cooks petrels and three humpbacks waving their flippers good evening. Wish us good luck tomorrow too!
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew
