[CINC] CX 10/16

[Cubby Winkel]

2 blues 

2 humpbacks

Moderate sized pod of common dolphins

 

Passengers:  19

 

Naturalists:

Natalie Swan

Cubby Winkel

Carolyn Mc Cleskey PID

 

Crew:

Capt. Mat

Capt. Dave

Jacques

 

T'was another absolutely beautiful day on the Santa Barbara Channel which
started out with an amazing lack of wildlife.  We headed for the gap between
SCI & SRI but veered west along the North face SRI instead.  Finally after
almost two hours the crew spotted a spout.  The whale, presumably a blue,
had an erratic breathing pattern and Cap'n Mat never was able to locate it
for viewing.  Shortly thereafter he located a pair of Blues which we stayed
with for a while.  Then Cap'n Mat spotted a spout in the distance, which he
said was a Humpback, so off we went in sarch of the Humpie.  Cap'n Mat found
the pair and we were treated by them with several flukes.  As previouslu
stated it was a beautiful day and a very successful whale watch!

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