Clear blue skies, calm crystal blue water and sunshine all around! We had such a wonderful morning trip today! We saw such a variety of wildlife! We saw 3 mola-molas, 1 flying fish and 1 Mako shark. We also saw pink-footed shearwaters, black-vented shearwaters, California brown pelicans and western gulls! In terms of cetaceans, we saw several scattered pods of long-beaked common dolphins, about ~400 long-beaks found throughout the trip!
Gorgeous calm seas and a beautiful sunset closed out our Tuesday.
About 3 miles from Mission bay we encountered a large raft of black-vented shearwaters resting on the surface of the water after gorging themselves on fish. Among the shearwaters was an agile pod of ~150 Long-beaked common dolphins! This was a pretty tight knit pod hangout close together while others were making repeating massive leaps, similar to the behaviour of Short-beaked common dolphins. Several adorable babies were swimming close to mum too. Always a treat to see.
More calm seas predicted tomorrow, perfect time to be on the ocean!
Naturalists,
Melissa and Ruth
