Bahia Magdalena
Is it possible to feel whale saturation? After yesterday’s phenomenal experience with the adult and juvenile grey whales at La Entrada, we thought we’d been fortunate enough. However, today we went out and encountered the same juvenile female that had been so relaxed and curious yesterday. Again, she rolled on her back, showing her belly to the sky and waving her paddle-like pectoral flippers in the air close to our small boats. She bobbed and lolled with us into the afternoon, and everyone was able to enjoy her gregarious antics.
Luck seems to be with us on all fronts this trip. While we were sleeping last night, divers secured our ship’s starboard propeller, which had raised concern on Sunday. The Sea Lion was able to leave the dock at San Carlos, anchor off of Punta Belcher, and, once the whale watchers had returned from their fabulous morning, head out into the Pacific toward Cabo San Lucas. What joy to feel the ocean swell!
With the wind at our backs, we sailed south. We couldn’t go far, however, before more cetacean activity stopped us: a trio of humpback whales off of Punta Tosca. One of the group heaved its body out of the water and slapped its pectoral flippers in the afternoon light.
Our evening was capped off by a picture-perfect green flash (in blue, but a flash nonetheless). A lone brown booby and a pair of murrelets winging over the waves were harbingers of new sights and sounds to come in our expedition along Baja’s dramatic coast.
Is it possible to feel whale saturation? After yesterday’s phenomenal experience with the adult and juvenile grey whales at La Entrada, we thought we’d been fortunate enough. However, today we went out and encountered the same juvenile female that had been so relaxed and curious yesterday. Again, she rolled on her back, showing her belly to the sky and waving her paddle-like pectoral flippers in the air close to our small boats. She bobbed and lolled with us into the afternoon, and everyone was able to enjoy her gregarious antics.
Luck seems to be with us on all fronts this trip. While we were sleeping last night, divers secured our ship’s starboard propeller, which had raised concern on Sunday. The Sea Lion was able to leave the dock at San Carlos, anchor off of Punta Belcher, and, once the whale watchers had returned from their fabulous morning, head out into the Pacific toward Cabo San Lucas. What joy to feel the ocean swell!
With the wind at our backs, we sailed south. We couldn’t go far, however, before more cetacean activity stopped us: a trio of humpback whales off of Punta Tosca. One of the group heaved its body out of the water and slapped its pectoral flippers in the afternoon light.
Our evening was capped off by a picture-perfect green flash (in blue, but a flash nonetheless). A lone brown booby and a pair of murrelets winging over the waves were harbingers of new sights and sounds to come in our expedition along Baja’s dramatic coast.
