See below for more details. Hope you can join us on this or a future trip!
Peter
On 6/2/2026 10:09 AM, Peter Pyle wrote: > Thanks Tim! > > I will add that on the 29th there were Humpback blows from horizon to > horizon off Cabrillo Light Station, and a group of Risso's Dolphins > were just off Belinda Pt a few days before this. With calm seas we'll > very likely find these and more. We will have time to go down to the > Casper Highspot and then up to Noyo Canyon (or vice versa), both > places of rich marine diversity lately. Hope you can join us! > > Peter > > On 6/2/2026 9:40 AM, Tim Bray via groups.io wrote: >> >> We have the Kraken booked for a half-day trip Monday June 8, >> departing at 7:30 AM and returning around 12:30. Cost will be $125 >> per person, payable by cash or check only; make checks to "Anchor >> Charter Boats." >> >> Marine forecast looks GREAT, so it should be good viewing for marine >> mammals as well as birds. Last Saturday we spotted several Humpback >> Whales and a few Pacific White-sided Dolphins cruised by, but we >> couldn't go fast enough to hold their attention. (At "Dolphin Speed" >> of 10+ knots they will often ride the bow wave and play with the >> boat.) The birding was fantastic, and we can hope to encounter a >> Booby (two species have been seen here recently) or Storm-petrels, >> among others. >> >> This trip will be a collaboration with the Noyo Center for Marine >> Science and Mendocino Coast Audubon Society, so we will be interested >> in just about everything we encounter out there. Calm spells in >> spring can be really fun with a lot of action on the water. We have >> had plenty of wind recently, driving upwelling and marine >> productivity is high here. That is attracting a lot of marine life: >> everything from plankton to whales. Don't miss this opportunity - we >> don't get many calm spells at this time of year! >> >> Sign up at https://noyopelagics.com/ and we'll see you at the dock! >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> Tim >> “I now belong to a higher cult of mortals for I have seen the >> albatross.” Robert Cushman Murphy, 1912 >> mendocinocoastaudubon.org >> kzyx.org/show/ecology-hour >> kzyx.org/show/oak-and-thorn >> >
