Straight out of the jetties today we saw a MASSIVE feeding frenzy of seabirds that stretched for MILES! No marine life down below, however after some searching we located a huge pod of ~500 long beaked common dolphins. They appeared to be foraging for food and socializing but made time to come say hello to us! There were plenty of babies in this pod and MAN, OH MAN! Is it cute to watch the tiny little ones attempt to keep up with the zooming adults.
We saw our favorite little crusty cetacean today! We made friends with a barnacle-covered sub adult gray whale! At the beginning of the trip, we found a spunky & speedy pod of ~200 long beaked common dolphins located near the drop-off in about ~600 feet of water! It was so fun to see the LB common dolphins chin-slapping, tail-slapping, surfing in our wake and generally just going all out for the wild dolphin show! Then, we went back towards the gray whale highway zone in search of a heart-shaped spout. We were so stoked to find a spout located ~2 miles offshore basically in front of the jetties! We hung out with the subadult gray whale for a good amount of time, seeing its tail lift out of the water twice. We saw so many beautiful heart-shaped rainblows right in front of an epic sunset! Tomorrow brings more ocean fun and salty cetaceans, please come join us for Sunday-funday on the Privateer!
Naturalist,
Alison & Melissa
