[CINC] Slight correction/DD/4-22

paul jr petrich ppetrich39 at me.com
Tue Apr 23 08:15:55 PDT 2013


Sorry Ocean Folks,
 Time flies. The previous sighting of curious Grey Whale antics off shore of Mesa Steps was on 3/21, a month ago!  Here it is again:
"Captain Tyler cruised westward as the whales escort ( it being well over 100 yds shoreside ) all the way to the Mesa Lane steps  and adjacent to the UCSB research buoys there. Here the juvenile whale turned around, and lolly-gagged in the area a short while, doing some diving. It is at this location Captain Tyler said he has seen female Grays dive down with their calves to murk-up the sandy bottom that exists there. As we cruised the adjacent to this whale its sped was exactly 3.5 knots per hour."    Paul


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