The ocean is full of many life lessons, every single day out here teaches us something new about nature, about humans, about life or gratitude. Our big lesson today was just how important it is for us not to throw our trash into the ocean. On our sunset trip we were surrounded by a massive stampede of happy dolphins – frolicking out in the wild just as they should be. When I say nothing matches dolphin energy – I mean we see full grown grizzly looking men – giggling at the antics of these dolphins like their inner child never left them. While in the midst of this joyous giggle inducing experience – we sighed something awfully grim, a baby dolphin with a plastic 6 pack holder wrapped around its beak. A sobering sight to see – this baby probably wont make it to adulthood with no way to open its mouth and consume the food required for survival. A good reminder to make sure our trash winds up in the trash, our plastic rings – cut to ensure these things do not happen. A good reminder of just how important it is to protect our precious oceans.
Both of our trips today had some incredible dolphin encounters but our afternoon trip was lucky enough to encounter a Bryde’s whale! not only did we sight a Bryde’s whale – but it was LUNGE FEEDING at the surface. We saw so many bait balls – they would start boiling at the surface before the whale would erupt from the ocean next to it! Truely a National Geographic moment out on the pacific. We’re so lucky that all of this life is just off of our coastline! We’ll be back tomorrow to continue the search!
Naturalist, Alison
