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<p class=MsoNormal>5 Bottlenose right outside the breakwater<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>150 with 1/3 calves + 1000 with 10% babies + 500 with 37
babies + scattered here and there other Common Dolphins<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>2 Minkes who had humpback blood<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Today we headed to the east of SCI because there had been
sighting of Blues and Rissos. Instead we found Minkes that were acting like
humpbacks. We saw several breaches off in the distance and when we got closer
discovered it was a Minke breaching. After watching a while it multiplied into
2 Minkes and one breached right in front of the boat less than 50 yards
from the bow. Then one of the whales approached the boat several times, turned
over to show us its belly and mini humpback pecs and swam under the boat. It
was by far the most friendly and closest Minke whale encounter we have seen
with the sole exception of the lunge feeding Minkes last month off Anacapa.
Matt said he had never seen such friendly Minke whales.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The weather was great with a swell in certain spots of the
channel but mostly very smooth all day. We could see a thick fog bank down the
west side off of SCI as we cruised east and stuck our head into Potato Harbor.
It was interesting to see Potato Harbor from the water after seeing it from the
top of the cliff. On the trip home we saw another large dolphin pod with many
jumping 20-30 feet into the air! Many were jumping really high multiple times
and you could see 6-10 jumping all at one time. They were very acrobatic and
must have been trying to prove the can jump since the Minke was jumping with
90+% of its body out of the water.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>We had visitors from Switzerland, Japan, San Diego, Hemet,
Temecula and some locals in the group of 25.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Kevin Bailey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Toni Bailey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Carol Celic<o:p></o:p></p>
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