[CINC] 1-3 IPCO Whale Watching

[Dick Bellman]

Here is the synopsis from Saturday, January 3 out of Ventura: 

 

            AM Trip saw one Gray Whale (sort of) - will explain in the
embellishment and a few common dolphins (<50))

            PM Trip saw 3 Gray Whales, one of which was a juvenile a small
number of common dolphins. 

 

And now for the embellishment of Saturday's whale watching adventure with
Captain Lee, crew Jason and Katie along with naturalists Scott and Dick.  We
had approximately 100 passengers among the two trips with representatives
from Turkey, Puerto Rico, London, Michigan, Illinois, Texas and the usual
hordes from California.  The seas were incredibly calm with hardly any swell
and very little wind.  The day presented perfect conditions for searching
out the elusive Gray Whale.  During the morning trip we spotted a very
visible spout, just off the west end of Anacapa.  It was right in our path,
but after the initial sighting of the blow, we never saw evidence of the
whale again.  Somehow he completely eluded us.  The afternoon trip began by
heading toward east Anacapa.  We encountered a very few common dolphins.
After traversing the back side of Anacapa we encountered two Gray Whales off
the east end of Anacapa in almost the exact spot we saw the elusive spout in
the morning.  Further out in the gap we encountered a juvenile Gray which
provided numerous flukes for the visitors.  A beautiful sunset was
experienced on the way back to port.  It was another incredible day on the
water. 

 

Dick Bellman

 

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