[CINC] Friday 8/21 on the CX

[Marilyn Dannehower]

5 Blue Whales with more in the distance.
Under sunny skies, we left the harbor with 70 passengers and one young sea lion.  We went into the fog at about the shipping lanes and visibility was poor.  The ocean was a bit choppy with whitecaps, but Captain Dave was able to locate the cow/calf Blue whales and then three others.  The highlight of the day was the incredible lunge feeding through numerous and plentiful patches of krill on the surface of the water.  It felt like we were sitting in the middle of their soup bowl and we just had to wait to see three whales in the vicinity lunge feeding, including one lunge by the huge mother right parallel to the Condor X!  Even the calf tried his/her luck at feeding!  
The kids and big kids on board all enjoyed seeing the sea lion swimming to Sea Lion Cove at SCI as she was released.
Great day, thank you to Captain Dave, Dennis and Jacques on board with Dean Benjamin on PID and Dick Bellman as fellow volunteer naturalist.
Marilyn Dannehower
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