Risso’s Dolphin
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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…
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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…
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A Rare Visit from Risso’s Dolphins! – 29/7/22
Today started out just like most days during the whale watching season. I was captain this day so as I entered the office I greeted the staff and had a quick morning chat before I grabbed the keys to my favourite boat, got my lifejacket and my standing platform (ok it’s really just a stool…