Hello whalewatchers: We arrived at Gorda Banks this morning and saw several humpback whales. We followed a group of five whales for an hour and had great views of flukes and blowholes as the whales surfaced frequently. We saw a few breaches in the distance from more whales in the area. We stopped and tried the hydrophone but didn’t hear a whale vocalizing this time.
Whalewatching at Gorda Banks (humpback whale blow)
We also had a great sighting of a red-billed tropicbird on the water. They are crowd-pleasers!
After a great morning watching humpbacks we traveled northeast along the tip of the Baja peninsula to Bahia Los Frailes. Everyone went ashore for a nice walk for some bird watching and a walk on a beautiful sandy beach. Afterwards those who wanted to snorkel went into 72-degree water. This was a good preparation for a possible encounter with whale sharks (Click the link for the full story) tomorrow!
The beach at Los Frailes
While we were having dinner at anchor at Los Frailes, we turned on our new LED lights from the top of the wheelhouse. We attracted some krill and then a school of smooth-tailed mobula rays came by to feed! It was a nice bonus to end the day.
Mobulas came to the boat to feed under the lights.
Team Searcher
