Image: A giant blue whale send it spout flying into the Island Breeze.
2024 06-26 SB Channel
Sea conditions were fairly flat until we reached The Lanes where the wind picked up the things got a little bit choppy. The high overcast gray broke into sunlight at the same time. Captain Dave and the crew ran a southerly hitting from the Harbor to the western end of beautiful Santa Cruz Island. Sightings for the day included: 300 common dolphins and 3 giant blue whales.
Two medium-sized pods of dolphins located the Condor Express today. The first was just 2 miles off the beach. The second was out near the island during our whale watching. We had good looks on both sightings.
North of the island we encountered a single adult giant blue whale. It had short, eight minute dive times. It passed by the boat closely a couple of times.
About 3 miles east we found a pair of small/juvenile blue whales. Great to look see with their spouts being spread asunder by the wind. (See today’s photograph for example).
You never know what Mother Nature has in store.
Bob Perry
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