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Whale Watching- Guerrero Negro

lwpa - 2-3-2011 at 08:43 AM

We will be leaving next wk for a whale watching trip out of Guerrero Negro. Has anyone been there recently and have a report on the status of the whalles, i.e. numbers, etc.?

shari - 2-3-2011 at 09:13 AM

they do a census every 2 weeks so and the new one should be done next week. The last census was near 700 whales in the lagoon...way up from last year and so i imagine there will be well over 8 or 900 whales now...maybe hit a thousand.

I called the lagoon and they said there are hardly any tourists at all and our friends had a whole panga to themselves...only 2 people and they had a fantastic experience with whales right at the boat...lots of new calves too...so you will have a wonderful trip.

lwpa - 2-3-2011 at 10:57 AM

Thank you Shari for the valuable info.

lwpa - 2-9-2011 at 05:50 PM

Shari, do you have the new whale count census yet?

ArvadaGeorge - 2-10-2011 at 04:05 PM

We were out there the last 3 days camping, watching& listening from shore--cost$5.00. We also took the 1 1/2 hr panga trip -- cost $40.00per person. Great trip saw lots of whales up close touched several.A small whale had died & we watched a shark take a bite out of it. I belive i saw a babby nursing . Took pistures & some video --will try to post later.

shari - 2-10-2011 at 05:51 PM

oh George that's fantastic! I'm so pleased for you!

I just got the results from the last census for Ojo de Liebre on Feb.8th...drum roll please.....756 adults, 524 crias (babies) for a grande total of 1,280!!!!! most excellent and we havent even reached the peak yet...the next census should be interesting. Nice to see the numbers up. Can't wait for our first nomad trip in a couple weeks!

There sure have been alot of whales heading north all ready....seems early to me but we have been enjoying the parade past our patio.

[Edited on 2-11-2011 by shari]

lwpa - 2-27-2011 at 08:10 AM

We just returned from Guerrero Negro and our whale watching trip. Estimated total whale count was 1400 with about half newborns. We had a fantastic time.

Lauriboats - 2-27-2011 at 08:13 AM

Great to see so many whales this year.

BigOly - 2-27-2011 at 09:21 AM

I know this thread is about current conditions but I had to share this: A day my mother- in- law will never forget at 85 years young in 2008.