Date: 6/25/25 2:42 pm From: Dawn Hubbard via groups.io <britomart73...> Subject: Re: [OrangeCountyBirding] 6-hour pelagic out of Dana Point on Friday (6/27)
Hi Dave,
For those of us who suffer from seasickness, can you (or anyone else) give
feedback on experiences on past summer trips, and/or the expected sea
conditions this Friday?
Thanks!
Dawn Hubbard
Garden Grove
On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM David Pereksta via groups.io <pereksta=
<pacbell.net...> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> There is space available on a 6-hour pelagic trip out of Dana Point this
> Friday. These are small capacity trips that normally fill fast, but we do
> have a few spots available. The trip leaves at 8:00 am and returns at 2:00
> pm. It will focus on Orange County waters and with the time we have, we
> will be able to get out to several of the interesting underwater features
> in the area. I expect we may encounter alcids, storm-petrels, flocks of
> shearwaters, and other pelagic species. It is a good time of year to find
> Craveri's Murrelet and previous summer trips on this boat have turned up
> those as well as Manx Shearwater, Townsend's Storm-Petrel, Nazca Booby, and
> other goodies. A whale watching trip out to the waters around San Clemente
> Island yesterday had hundreds of Cook's Petrels so who knows what we will
> see. Those birds were beyond where we expect to get on Friday, but it is an
> indication of what is cruising around offshore. We will aim to get as far
> offshore as we can and see what we find.
>
> Registration information is available at the following link.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave Pereksta
> Ventura, CA
>
> https://danawharf.com/whale-watching/pelagic-bird-watching/ >
>
>
