This morning we were out cruising Bahía Magdalena on our Zodiacs awaiting for sunrise. The early morning light revealed gray whale blows breaking the mirror water’s surface. As the sun came up we had a chance of taking close looks to several gray whales, including mothers and new born calves, and witnessed some mating rituals between adults.
As the day turned brighter and better for photography, we started a second round of whale watching cruises. Again, we had the opportunity to get close to the grey whales, and every time they raised their flukes, the shutters of the cameras were like rapid fire, good gray whale pictures are never enough!
Later on the afternoon, we cruised the Hull canal towards San Carlos. The tide was unusually low, so we explored “La Libertad”. Here we launched Zodiacs for cruises near the exposed mud flats and mangroves. Some local fishermen were raising their nets, and some of the fish species were identified by the naturalists.
Another group went dune walking, which actually turned to be more like a tide pool exploration. The exposed shoreline was full of life. Thousands of clams, pen shells, sponges and invertebrates were seen. One of the highlights was a sea hare which ejected bright purple ink over my hands while I was showing it to the interested audience.
This was certainly a good day to end our week of exploration along the Baja California Peninsula.
