Risso’s Dolphin
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Cetacean Highway – 8/25
The past few days have been quite busy with multiple cetacean species. One day, we encountered a small group of Risso’s dolphins that were riding the swell next to our boat. It was a lovely gesture by these dolphins, because it was a bit difficult to spot the sperm whales in the swell We casually…
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A Great Earth Day with Orcas and Humpbacks – 22/4/25
What a great Earth Day it was today! We left the harbor and were greeted by a pod of Risso’s Dolphins. We had our looks at the pod and then proceeded to head south. Then about an hour later, the captain proceeded to turn the boat around and said they had reports of orcas. Surprisingly,…
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A Wonderful Risso’s Encounter – 8/7/24
We’ve been out and seen some Orcas in Baja recently and we were pretty far, 12 miles or so out and the Orcas just disappeared and then we saw a Risso jump and we thought that the Orcas might go after the Rissos but they didn’t. The whole pod of Risso’s then appeared and the…
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Rissos Again – 2/8/23
Today we were lucky to reencounter Risso’s dolphins. Impressive and speedy creatures. We encountered a group that had several calves with them. It was hard to estimate the overall number because they spread out. Some of the calves were in a playful mood and threw their tail in the air to put on a show…
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Sunday Funday – 13/8/23
…with Risso’s dolphins again. Today we have encountered the biggest group of Risso’s dolphins, we have ever seen. They were in super social mood and jumping around for over an hour. You can see one of them making a half jump with its mouth open, and teeth are also visible…not sure what is the reason…