The return of sunshine and calm seas to our coastline was a welcome relief for our trips today. For our sightings, cow-calf pairs of Humpback Whales dominated our trips. The story of these mothers’ sacrifice to grow, give birth to, and raise giants year after year is one of my favorites to tell. It is…
One and done, today, as Captain Danny led us out to the Northwest Corner of the Monterey Submarine Canyon. There, we found a group of three humpbacks whales, along with a small pod of not-so-common Common Dolphin, who leapt from the water here and there, and then we found a medium sized pod of Risso’s…
Every day in Monterey Bay is an adventure, however adventures aren’t all rainbows and sunshine. Some adventures have a lot of fog, and fog is the enemy of whale watchers. We leave the shelter of Monterey Harbor and go out to discover what Mother Nature has in store for us. We do our discovering with…