We had an action packed trip with a Gray whale cow/calf pair, a Fin whale, and Common dolphins sighted! We set out of Mission Bay and caught up with a fast moving pod of ~80 Long-beaked Common dolphins! They were traveling north about a mile from shore. We continued on and spotted a short puffy spout just inside the drop-off. It was a northbound Gray whale cow/calf pair! The Gray whale calf was swimming in mom’s slipstream and would surface about 3x more than the mom. We noticed the pair began to travel toward the coast, and the mom lifted her tail and waved goodbye! We continued to the SW and spotted a huge columnar spout that belonged to a Fin whale! It was circling in ~750 feet of water, likely feeding. We continued home and spotted a small pod of ~20 Short-beaked Common dolphins plus more Long-beaks! We have a sunset trip coming up, stay tuned for updates!
Naturalist,
Vanessa
