Light overcast and mild seas set an ethereal tone over today’s trip, as Captain Danny led us out into the bay. Two humpbacks were sighted early on, though they were rather erratic and hard to watch. Hence, we abandoned them and quickly found a playful humpback, who flipped and flapped his tail and pecs, and even gave us two MASSIVE breaches! After it calmed down, we ventured north and acquired a large pod of Risso’s Dolphin, interspersed with a handful of Pacific White Sided Dolphin. Just as a giant, blue hole ripped open the clouds, the wind picked up and sent us home in the most timely fashion imaginable, and along the way several sea shanties received uproarous applause. With canceling our afternoon trips, today was a nice one-and-done day.
-Naturalist Isaiah
