February 20, 2020. Playa Royale, Mexico. Whales.

We look out at the Bay of Bandares. We see boats but we never see the life below the water. Gaby and Rachel went on a whale watching excursion and saw a glimpse of what goes on under the water. Gaby reported an even better trip than when she went with Randy. A baby whale came right over to the boat. They saw many whales breaching and many more slapping their tails. They also were told many facts. In our Bay can be found over 800 whales plus babies. The came to calf and mate. They begin heading north in mid March but for now, the whales are here but we seldom see them because they are out in deeper water. But this evening, just before sunset, Gaby spotted a blow hole right in front of the condo so we went to the balcony to see what we could see. The whales put on a show for us. They were close enough to see them easily. We think we were looking at two adult whales and one baby, at least as best as we could determine from the size and frequency of the blows. We saw rolling along the top of the water and many tail slaps. From the information that Gaby learned on the excursion, the mother whales take their babies into shallow water to teach them to communicate which they do by slapping their tails. After 15 minutes of the display, the whales gradually moved out to deeper water. Eventually they disappeared. We often see the spouts out in deeper water but we have never seen them so very close to shore. Fortunately, Gaby spotted them at just the right time. We had an exciting time watching these whales.