[CINC] IPCO WW 2-3-13

[Lee Fleischer]

It was the Super Bowl of whale watches!


1st Half Score (AM trip)
24 - Coastal bottlenose dolphin inside VTA Harbor entrance
4 - Gray whales in the gap west of Anacapa Rat Rock going south
100's - CA sea lions on beaches southside Anacapa
1 - Elephant seal with pup southside Anacapa amongst the CA sea lions
2 - brief look at 2 shy gray whale spouts in big swells on return to VTA Harbor 
 
2nd Half Score (PM trip)
3 - brief look a 3 gray whale spouts off Arch Rock/EAI that then disappeared
CA sea lions and elephant seal as described above
2 - Humpback whales in the gap south of SCI and Anacapa


Smaller Super Bowl day crowds; blustery conditions especially in the afternoon - but the whales didn't seem to mind; good job by Capt Jimmy, Luke and Thomas aboard Island Adventure. No power outages!


Best regards ...


Lee Fleischer 
captlee48 at aol.com 
805.452.4338 (cell) 
 
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. - George Carlin

 

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