2.18.2012 18:00

We saw many whales on our way down the pacific side of Baja, but haven’t had much luck once we turned into the Sea of Cortez. Now we realized that whales, just like us, prefer warmer water. Starting at Los Frailes on the east cape, we started to see the action, and up to another level this time. They were showing up in groups, swinging their tails and breaching!

A lot times, we saw a young kid breaching besides the mom.

Kids are definitely more active. But sometimes the adults would swing tail back and forth, up high in the air, like some kinda of dance.

The adults breach as well, although less frequent. When they do, it can be a bit frightening. We saw a full breach of an mom, as if she was showing her baby how to do it, right next to a sailboat. If she had been a few feet to the right … The video below was taken after her full breach.

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