It was a fun day on the water! As soon as we got out in the Pacific Ocean the Fog took us over! We pushed out to the NW as fast as we could to get past it but before we knew it surrounded us! Fortunately, once we got out to 3-miles from shore, it cleared up and we had amazing visibility! We got out to about 9-miles from Mission Bay and spotted some leaping, breaching Shorties! There was about 400 Short-beaked Common dolphins socializing out to the south of us. As soon as they noticed us, they raced straight to the boat! We had the best time with our new dolphriends! They were porpoising all around us. They were super chatty and could hear their high-pitched whistles! Lots of tiny calves were spotted all around us! They seemed to continue to the west as we turned toward coast. On our way in, we spotted a lone California sea lion, and school of ~10 baby Mola mola’s! There were a few gulls hanging out with them too!
We are excited to see what’s in store for tomorrow!
Naturalist,
Vanessa
