Gorda Banks & San Jose del Cabo
All night long we had sped southwards towards the end of the Gulf of California, on the western side. As the sun came up, we began our search for the big ones: whales! This area, north and southwest of Gorda Banks, that part of the ocean almost at the tip of Baja California, but quite shallow due to a sea mount, is excellent for these animals, as they travel south of their feeding grounds off the California and Oregon coasts to these warmer waters to mate and to give birth to their babies.
Pretty soon we had spotted our first humpback whale, and our morning observations began, with great enjoyment, as we saw many more individuals, many of whom were breaching repeatedly, with great splashes, or it was a female with her newborn calf, the baby frolicking around the mother as they swam slowly by. Many seabirds were seen, as well as a shark and various marlins. These observations lasted almost all morning, as we slowly approached our midday destination: the marina at San Jose del Cabo. Once there, immediately after lunch, we set off in different buses to the center of San Jose del Cabo, where many of us wanted to shop, while the others were taken to the “Estero,” or waterway with so much vegetation, where numerous birds were to be seen in the water, as well as in the trees. The afternoon was well invested!
