[CINC] Condor Express Sept 13th

[Catherine French]

Should have reported earlier, that on the way back from a day trip to San Miguel on Saturday, Sept. 10, we encountered two adult blue whales near the shipping lanes offshore of Santa Cruz. They fluked a couple of times to please the crowd of about 70 before Capt. Lee took us into Painted Cave.

On the trip out and back we encountered small groups of Rissos and a mega pod of common dolphins. The group was made of about 35 day hikers and Cabrillo Landing reenactors from the Cabrillo Aquarium and Museum. This marked the final trip for the group after nearly forty years. With John Olquin no longer with us, the group will do the annual ceremony at Cabrillo Beach.



Calm seas,

Catherine French

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On Sep 14, 2011, at 7:41 AM, "Don Shubert" <donshubert at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> Sandra Squires and myself were out on the Condor Express yesterday with 35 passengers, mostly from Europe: England, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, et al.
>  
> The channel was like glass and we went into and out of the fog all day.
>  
> We came across four groups of commons and went to the Cave, we had just about given up hope of spotting any whales and we were on the way back to port when we came upon
> two adult humpbacks who were working their way west very rapidly but still managed to give the passengers some great views.  Needless to say, everyone on board was excited and pleased with the great trip.
>  
> Thanks to Capt Matt, DJ and Brooke
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