Some absolutely groovy shades of blue out there today! Summer ocean has definitely arrived. WE found nearly 1000 short beaked common dolphins on our morning trip! Every time we would announce our departure from one pod – another would show up just ahead of us! Conditions were so dreamy that we could see these dolphins cruising deep beneath the surface and see their perfect reflection on the oceans surface when they jumped. There are some good kelp paddy’s out there too! We found a mola mola hanging right next to one!
More summer fun on the Privateer this sunset trip! Ocean conditions were great! It was a little bumpy but didn’t stop us from finding the most amazing wildlife! We quickly caught up with a massive pod of ~200 long-beaks! They were surfing in our wake and STAMPEDING!! We had so much fun watching them travel so incredibly fast, almost hard to keep up! Then, we continued out west and saw mini spouts from the distance! We caught up with a wonderful pod of one of our crew favorite’s; RISSO’S dolphins! We only get to see these cute cetaceans about once or twice a month so we were all stoked! They were about ~40 Risso’s in the pod, they were breaching and tail-slapping! Never a dull moment on the water, please join us soon!
Naturalist,
Alison & Melissa
