Bahia Magdalena
The Sea Lion was traveling over the calm and smooth waves of the southern entrance of Magdalena Bay when the morning found us ready for the first round of gray whale watching. Once in the water, we started the search for this elusive giant. After several efforts of approaching these animals, we finally observed diverse behavioral displays, including the males rolling over the waves and showing the pectoral fins. During our second round of the morning, some female whales with calves were seen. A couple of them were just lying on the surface with their calves circling around. Others were moving without intention, just allowing the calves to exercise and develop muscles in order to conduct the long migration back to the feeding grounds in the Bering Sea.
In the afternoon, we saw more displays, including some extremely excited and immature males chasing a probably also immature female. On the Pacific Ocean, outside the Bay, a couple of humpback whales were breaching, framing with these acrobatic jumps the frenzy movements of the grays. The second round of the afternoon was also successful as our boats, at times, were surrounded by as much a five grays, so we had the opportunity of observing the backs, the blowholes and the multiple markings of the skin that give these animals their name.
The day ended with a Mexican Fiesta, accompanied by Musica del Norte, or Northern Music, performed by a local group known as Chito and Chano. We also had a tasteful dinner cooked by local Chefs.
The Sea Lion was traveling over the calm and smooth waves of the southern entrance of Magdalena Bay when the morning found us ready for the first round of gray whale watching. Once in the water, we started the search for this elusive giant. After several efforts of approaching these animals, we finally observed diverse behavioral displays, including the males rolling over the waves and showing the pectoral fins. During our second round of the morning, some female whales with calves were seen. A couple of them were just lying on the surface with their calves circling around. Others were moving without intention, just allowing the calves to exercise and develop muscles in order to conduct the long migration back to the feeding grounds in the Bering Sea.
In the afternoon, we saw more displays, including some extremely excited and immature males chasing a probably also immature female. On the Pacific Ocean, outside the Bay, a couple of humpback whales were breaching, framing with these acrobatic jumps the frenzy movements of the grays. The second round of the afternoon was also successful as our boats, at times, were surrounded by as much a five grays, so we had the opportunity of observing the backs, the blowholes and the multiple markings of the skin that give these animals their name.
The day ended with a Mexican Fiesta, accompanied by Musica del Norte, or Northern Music, performed by a local group known as Chito and Chano. We also had a tasteful dinner cooked by local Chefs.
