Hello whalewatchers: Well our luck continues to be good! We started our day in the Gorda Banks area with humpbacks singing over the PA system, thanks to our hydrophone. Several humpbacks were in the area, so it was hard to decide which whales to watch. Since we had several whals close by we just sat there and let them come to us. There was a group of 6 whales, including a cow /calf pair, that stayed relatively close for about 30 minutes and then there was a trio that were showing off a bit. We went towrds them and they were tail-lobbing! They stayed with us for close to an hour and we had some close encounters with the whale right next to and under the boat. What show! After they decided to leave, we headed north to see if we could find more whales performing. There were several whales breaching in the distance, and as we see sometimes when you get in the area of the breacher, they stop and so we continued north. There had to be 70-80 humpbacks in the area we worked this morning. It was great. I forgot to mention the weather was calm and sunny. The ocean was clean and blue so it was easy to see the whales below the surface, just like yesteday with the blue whale. I think the whales like us…
We are headed to Bahia Los Frailes for a walk and a snorkel. The water temp is 73 degrees or 21 degrees Celsius.
More later, Team Searcher
Today’s picture is a humpback on the surface, upside down and very close to the boat. Note the pleats in the throat.
