11-2-2020 Dolphins, lunges, & DALL’S!!

Great conditions and warm sun made for a great trip aboard the Pacifica with Captain Rod and Alfredo as crew. The sightings started off with a big pod of Risso’s dolphins out in the middle of the bay. We stayed with them for a while, as a handful of Pacific white-sided dolphins darted in and away from the boat, sometimes stopping to bow ride. Next we headed to the north side of the bay where we found a single humpback. It was putting on quite the show! Lunge feeding over and over again, and sometimes rolling on its side. We spent enough time with this whale for everyone to get great looks and some photos before we made our turn toward home. Along the way we encountered another single humpback whale, and finally a pod of 5 Dall’s porpoise! This is a pretty rare sighting for us. Due to them being one of the world’s fastest marine mammals, I couldn’t get any pictures, but everyone on the boat got at least a look!

-Naturalist Alfredo