La Florida, Magdalena Bay
The National Geographic Sea Bird remained at anchor throughout the evening just off the area known as La Florida, located a few miles south of the fishing village of Puerto Adolfo Lopez Mateos in the northern part of Magdalena Bay. This is one of the breeding grounds for the gray whale, which migrates every year during the winter have its calves and to mate.
Today was our first full day here and our first chance to encounter these magnificent and gentle animals. We started operations early in the morning. There were two different groups going out, loaded with modern equipment, trying to catch whales with our cameras and videos!
We soon encountered numerous whales slowly swimming around the National Geographic Sea Bird and everybody was entertained, taking many images and making good memories.
In the afternoon, groups were again divided, and while some of us went for a stroll on the closest dunes of Isla Magdalena, a second group took off and went whale-watching for a second occasion.
We all enjoyed a marvelous day of whales, dunes, excellent weather and good memories.
In the late afternoon, our Mexican fiesta began as the Coyotes de Magdalena, a local musical group, came on board to cheer us with Mexican rhythms and songs, accompanied by one of our Lindblad staff.
After the fiesta dinner was over, we went to bed expecting to see and capture more images of wildlife in this refuge the following morning.
