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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Baird’s Beaked Whales in Monterey – 5/23
So we went on a whale watching trip out of Monterey and it began, like most trips in Monterey Bay does, with sightings of sea otters, cormorants and sea lions in the harbor, but we did make a quick detour to see a red footed booby that’s been hanging around the harbor on a person’s…
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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…