Happy Memorial Day! We had such an epic day so far! We spent the day hanging out with cetaceans on the Pacific Ocean! On the morning trip we had a massive feeding frenzy of ~200 long-beaked common dolphins, California sea lions, shearwaters, terns and one humpback whale!! Everyone was feeding on whaley big bait balls located near the 9 mile embankment. On our afternoon trip, we went north towards La Jolla and found a pod of ~30 offshore bottlenose dolphins. We travelled further north and located another FINtastic feeding frenzy with hundreds of elegant terns, ~300 common dolphins and more bait balls! 🙂 On our way home, Captain John spotted a spout and whale tail from a humpback whale located in ~150 feet of water! It was travelling northwest when we last saw i! We have more ocean fun coming up for the sunset trip! Please stay tuned!
Memorial Day Sunset Cruise was delightful, with Nearshore Bottlenose dolphins crossing our bow at the Mission Bay Channel Entrance. We cruised northwest off the coast of LaJolla and found 70 Offshore Bottlenose dolphins. They came right up to our boat, turned on their sides and looked right into our eyes. We could see the rake marks or scratches on the bodies and noticed a few cow/calf or mother and baby pairs. We hope that the unofficial start of summer and the longer days entices you to come out and enjoy a whale watch soon. Captain Michael, Naturalist Greg, Galley Cameron, Deckhands Sam and Melissa appreciated everyone’s enthusiasm.
Naturalists,
Melissa & Greg
