We Were Not Alone

September 26, 2022

Visits from the dolphins were usually daily, and like I said, nightly.  It was always exciting to see them, and it was always different.  One time, when the swells were large and the water sparkling blue, we saw them coming, rocketing out of the waves coming our way.  As they neared we could see them playing inside the waves, and as the swells passed us at eye level we could look inside and see the dolphins.  
Another time we had a massive pod of dolphins come towards us from our port side, but they were not coming to play, they were on the move, and gradually the large pod passed us by, but we could see them, way in the distance, as they leapt from each wave leaving only spray behind them.    
We were also visited many times by whales.  We think that they might have been Bryde’s (Pronounced Broodus) Whales, but we cannot be certain.  On two separate occasions a whale decided to come over and check us out.  One time I saw the large, smooth-surface bubble area that whales often create when they surface, pass right beside our boat, and then we watched as the whale surfaced again right behind us.  It must have surfaced right in front or beside our boat for me to see such a perfectly smoothed bubble spot pass us by.  
On another occasion, when we were in larger swells, a whale approached us and surfaced just off of our starboard side and right in line with our bow.  It was massive and surfaced right on the top of a large swell.  It was actually rather unsettling as it dove once again right in front of us.  It surfaced again off our port side.   
Other times we saw the whales surface near and far, and it was always neat to see them, and know that we were not alone.   
We also often saw Molas (Ocean Sunfish), and each time they made us smile with their unusual body shape and behaviour.  They are such a strange fish.  One day, as we were nearing Mexican waters we actually passed a school of Mola, three of them, all swimming together through the crystal clear blue water.   
We saw different types of birds, Albatross, Shearwaters, and even a Red-billed Tropicbird.  
We also got to see our first flying fish, which was very exciting.  For me, the two specific things that I had been looking forward to the most about sailing south was getting to see bioluminescence at sea, and also sailing our boat into waters where we would see our first flying fish, and here we are!  We have only seen one, and it was on our last evening out at sea, just before entering Mexican waters, but we have arrived in the seas of flying fish. 

 


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