Amidst all this, the whales go on with their business. As we were enjoying the beautiful weather on the panga ride to our camp, we saw a puff of vapor in the distance. It was a gray whale calf! A more voluminous blow spouted up, this time from the mom. Baby looked so tiny next to momma.
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Pachico was out alone in his panga, fishing for grouper when a gray whale surfaced beside him. Local fishermen were well acquainted with the whales, very aware of the gray whale’s power and ferocious temperament and like everyone else in San Ignacio Lagoon, he always tried to keep a cautious distance. He was surprised when the animal lingered and felt himself compelled to place a hand in the water.
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A research expedition set sail early this week aboard our Baja Expeditions’ Catamaran El Mechudo. A team of researchers from the Gulf of California Marine Program and Sociedad de Historia Natural Niparajá set off to re-visit previously established Fisheries Refuges.
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