San Ignacio Gray Whales
Extraordinary Interaction & Experience
It didn’t take me long until I found one but suddenly, a shadow appeared, twisting and ticking – it was a dolphin. I turn around and another six dolphins are facing me and behind them another five.
Read MoreThe bottlenose dolphin is one of the most commonly encountered dolphins in the world and we have a few resident pods here in the Revillagigedo Archipelago. They are also the most interactive dolphins around humans and their huge intelligence and ability to learn has been shown in many studies.
Read MoreWe also had dolphins with us and we saw a big school of scalloped hammerhead sharks three times out in the blue – about 100 sharks strong!
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Less than an hour later, after having already seen a blue marlin breaching, a green sea turtle on the surface and a playful sea lion that came to check us out, we were contacted by Siddarta, the pilot of the “El Peregrino” hydroplane stating that he had spotted a pod of orcas by the San Lorenzo Channel between Balandra/El Tecolote and Espiritu Santo Island.
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Suddenly, one breached a full two meters out of the water and now on seeing it’s profile it was confirmed to be a false killer whale mega-pod. Numbering well over a hundred individuals.
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I feel so fortunate to work with Nautilus Liveaboards and show so many people every week the marvel of Socorro Island, Roca Partida and San Benedicto.
Read MoreNot only did we have friendly manta encounters, but we also had some dolphins and hammerhead sharks stop by to make an appearance.
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