Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico
Just another beautiful day in Baja California! We started early, with the sun barely peaking over the horizon. The whales eluded us, but the dolphins showed off all their prowesses, as did the sea birds. The early sun gave the mangroves a lovely color.
Upon all of us returning to our ship, we immediately took off south, backtracking our way to the area around San Carlos, and out of Magdalena Bay, south, in the direction of Cabo San Lucas. At La Entrada (The Entrance) we saw a humpback whale, busily swimming back and forth, blowing very loudly. More bottlenose dolphins were seen, just as many as we had seen during the day. Here we watched the different cetacea (whales) for a good while, and then took off south, along the west coast of Isla Margarita, the last large island on the Mexican Pacific. But we didn’t have to wait long, and off in the distance we espied a huge splash! Watching more intently, it was repeated, and we could clearly see it was caused by a humpback whale, merrily breaching away. Of course, we turned the ship in that direction, and soon were watching the animal breach and splash its pectoral fins or arms hard against the water, causing even more water disruption! Humpback whales are the breachers/spalshers of the whale kingdom.
But we eventually had to abandon this animal to its own efforts, and proceed south to meet the next step in our voyage: Cabo San Lucas!
Just another beautiful day in Baja California! We started early, with the sun barely peaking over the horizon. The whales eluded us, but the dolphins showed off all their prowesses, as did the sea birds. The early sun gave the mangroves a lovely color.
Upon all of us returning to our ship, we immediately took off south, backtracking our way to the area around San Carlos, and out of Magdalena Bay, south, in the direction of Cabo San Lucas. At La Entrada (The Entrance) we saw a humpback whale, busily swimming back and forth, blowing very loudly. More bottlenose dolphins were seen, just as many as we had seen during the day. Here we watched the different cetacea (whales) for a good while, and then took off south, along the west coast of Isla Margarita, the last large island on the Mexican Pacific. But we didn’t have to wait long, and off in the distance we espied a huge splash! Watching more intently, it was repeated, and we could clearly see it was caused by a humpback whale, merrily breaching away. Of course, we turned the ship in that direction, and soon were watching the animal breach and splash its pectoral fins or arms hard against the water, causing even more water disruption! Humpback whales are the breachers/spalshers of the whale kingdom.
But we eventually had to abandon this animal to its own efforts, and proceed south to meet the next step in our voyage: Cabo San Lucas!
