A single morning trip yields two wonderful gray whales and a spectacular juvenile humpback
- Bob Perry
- 5 days ago
- 1 min read
2025 04-13 SB Channel
We ran a single 9 AM excursion today under overcast skies. Captain Eddy and the crew encountered only light winds however there was a residual bump on the water from the northwest. Sightings for the trip included: 2 gray whales and 1 humpback whale.
After our traditional stop at The Harbor Entrance Buoy to look at the California sea lions hauled out there, we immediately picked up two adult gray whales migrating west very close to shore. They were very regular, in “migration mode,“ with very short downtimes. They surfaced next to the boat on several occasions and also made a couple of close approaches to take a look at their fans on the Condor Express. After 45 minutes of wonderful looks we turned offshore at Mesa Lane.
Captain Eddy took us to a spot just behind The Farm, and headed east from there. After a few miles some spouts in the distance resulted in our second major sighting of the trip: a single juvenile humpback whale. It appeared to be feeding subsurface and randomly came up next to the boat once or twice. It also made one friendly approach where it slowed down along the starboard side and then swam under to the port side.
You never know what Mother Nature has in store.
Bob Perry