We had an awesome day with a Gray whale and Common dolphins sighted! Just outside the Mission bay jetties and a few miles from shore there was single southbound Gray whale cruising slowly. We caught up with it and enjoyed it surface for 1-3 breaths followed by a tail-fluking dive! It was down for 5-8 min dives and seemed to be a little on the shy side. Our last cycle with it was the best as we got great looks at its barnacles/lice and a nice big arch of the back and tail flukes! We turned around and searched to the north and got up to La Jolla. On our way back, Captain John spotted a big pod of ~50-75 Long-beaked Common dolphins in 70-ft of water, just outside of the kelp forest! We spotted lots of cow/calf pairs and a couple of porpoising sea lions in the mix. It’s always a goal of ours to observe both baleen and toothed whales on our tours! Today was a WIN!
We hope you have a wonderful Sunday and hope to see you soon!
Naturalist,
Vanessa
