July 2nd: Today was a peaceful day, and captain Rod, deckhand Andrew, and myself took three trips out into mild seas with low winds frolic amongst 2, 3, and 1 humpback whales (respectively). All three trips enjoyed great looks, occasional lunge feeds, and some belting sea shanties from Andrew and I. Risso’s dolphin did make an appearance for our third trip: some 40 in all, while the market squid spawning season draws to a close, we can expect to find these Rissos out on the edge of the Monterey Submarine Canyon, continuing their forages many thousands of feet down.
-Naturalist Zay
