Tuesday, December 3, 2024
It was a gorgeous day on the water! We set out to the west and spotted a fun fast-moving pod of ~100 Long-beaked Common dolphins! They surrounded our boat and we enjoyed watching surfing our wake and riding the bow! There were plenty of cow/calf pairs swimming next to our boat. We continued on and followed the drop-off to the north. We sighted several birds and kelp paddies along the way. As we cruised back to the coast we spotted ~5 Offshore bottlenose dolphins investigating a kelp paddy holding a huge school of anchovies! We spotted a small school of ~5 baby Mola mola’s too!
We can’t wait to see what we find on our next sunset trip!
Naturalist,
Vanessa
Some days at sea FEED YOUR WHOLE ENTIRE SOUL. Tonight was made of magic and everything good in this world.
We’ve had a quiet week out here so expectations were set pretty low but MAN! The ocean pulled an EPIC UNO reverse on us.
We set out to the west and were treated to some of the most playful feeding long beaked common dolphins. We hung out with them as the sun sunk low into the sky, turning the entire sky golden, glassy seas reflecting like molten gold. OUT OF NOWHERE the dolphins ERRUPTED into a full on stampede. The Dolphins porpoising high out of the water, shiloutted in twinkling gold light. Right before we got back to shore, We found TWO humpback whales, a precious cow calf pair moseying down the coastline on their way down to Mexico. With the sun below the horizon, they cut through dreamy pastel pink and blue cotton candy colored water. Swimming tenderly next to each other, remaining on the surface for long periods they gave us quite the show.
Nights like these are what dreams are made of.
I hope we get to share more with you soon 🩵
Naturalist,
Alison
