We were treated to Lake Pacific today! The sea conditions were nice, calm and glassy too!
We set out to the west on our afternoon trip and out at the 9-mile bank we sighted a huge pod of ~400 Short-beaked Common dolphins! We could easily see them from afar because they launching out of the water and breaching in all directions! They shot out of the water almost 10-ft high! Passengers were excited to see such amazing acrobatics! We enjoyed seeing the little calves all around. Several surfed beside us which made it easy to see them looking back at us! We found our new dolphriends at ~12-miles from shore in more than 2000-ft of water!
Another dolphin filled sunset on Lake Pacific! Conditions couldn’t have been better, the wind really died down off shore which gave us ideal conditions for spotting wildlife! We had 3 different pods of Long-beaked common dolphins throughout the sunet trip, probably at least 500 individuals! Tow of the pods were quite friendly, bow riding and flying off the waves, while one pod seemed preoccupied with a bait ball! The shearwater birds led us to this dinner zone and it was a fun sight to watch! Perfect golden orange susnet to end the day, Happy Labor Day!
Naturalist,
Vanessa and Brooke
