Mula
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Lopez Whale Count today
231 Adults
58 babies
They (the whales) are all over the place in the bay and really performing for their guests.
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Good to hear and I sure wish them a lot of business this year! It is a beautiful bay to visit
[Edited on 2-19-2012 by DianaT]
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thanks for that Mula...can you perhaps get the counts for the season so far? It would be interesting to see how early the numbers were high. As you
can see, there are more solitary whales there...I have seen lots of elders there...smaller skinny old whales..lots of scar tissue...seasoned!
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Where is Lopez?
Where is the best place to see whales from land?
When is the peak of whale watching season?
When do most of the whales depart/ end of season?
How about a few pointers for a first time whale watcher?
the fat lady is breeding
which means
The fat ladys are breeding
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for the whale 1st timer you should just go to Ojo de Liebre (Scammons) Lagoon. stay in G Negro and drive out in the morning. you'll be back in town
for lunch.
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Mula
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Lopez Mateos is just north of Cuidad Constitucion.
Leave Loreto heading south for 119 KM, turn right at the T and drive 3 KM through Insurgentes.
Turn Left and drive 30 KM out to Lopez Mateos on the north end of Magdalena Bay.
The best is to first take a panga for 800 pesos for 6 people and find spots where you could watch from land. True the whales do move around, but
there are so many here right now.
I would imagine now to the end of Feb. is peak whale season. It definitely starts for the pangueros 15 January, whether the whales are here or not.
This year they were here early and the gov't permits weren't ready until the 15th, so the guys could not take the watchers out.
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Hey Joerover...all three lagoons are great and have thier unique features. The best thing is to visit all 3!! Much depends on how far south you want
to travel and what time of year you can visit. All lagoons have "friendly" whale activity.
Ojo de Liebre is the largest lagoon, over half the whale population is born there and has 1,500-2,000 whales there at the peak which is mid
february-mid march. There are whales there from the beginning of January to the end of March. You can easily watch whales from shore if you drive out
to the Interpretive Center...pretty cool watching whales while chomping on a shrimp taco! Here there are mostly mother and calves. The road is well
maintained out to that lagoon too and the campground there is excellent with hot showers now and palapas for camping in...all for $3.
San Ignacio usually has 3-400 whales and the road is a bit more challenging and the lagoon has several tourist camps with cabins to rent...it is well
known for friendly whale encounters and there is more mating behavior there too. There are good educational programs at some of the camps.
Mag Bay is the furthest south and has about 2-300 whales and is in a bit more industrial setting but very easy to get to...paved all the way. There is
more mating there too.
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joerover
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mula
Lopez Mateos is just north of Cuidad Constitucion.
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thanks, on google maps it is Adolfo Lopez Mateos, that is why I did not find it.
the fat lady is breeding
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The fat ladys are breeding
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joerover
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
Ojo de Liebre is the largest lagoon,
if you drive out to the Interpretive Center
campground there is excellent with hot showers now and palapas for camping in...all for $3.
San Ignacio usually has 3-400 whales
google shows Ojo de Libre as a small cove south of Guerrero Negro inside a much larger lagoon. IS that what you mean?
Where is the interpretive center? Google shows a road going East out of Guerrero Negreo and turning North into the water and ending on a small island.
Should I guess the interpretive center is there?
Where is the campground?
San Ignaciio? Land locked on google.
As I have never been there, I need more detailed directions.
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the fat lady is breeding
which means
The fat ladys are breeding
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