Gray Whale Seduction: Gray Whale Breeding Lagoon

While on a recent scout for National Geographic for an upcoming Gray Whale segment for their new series entitled "Wild Americas" Mike and i were out near Mag Bay checking on the whale conditions. It turned out to be a very good day. As we head back to camp, we are followed by a large female Gray Whale.

Video Shot on RED ONE MX and downsampled to H.264
By Johnny Friday
www.bajaproductions.com

Gray Whales at Breeding Lagoon in Baja

From a Gray Whale breeding lagoon near the southern end of Mag Bay is another exceptional place to see Gray Whales. What makes this area unique is the narrow passage the whales must migrate through and during times of high surf and big swells, the whales appear to be surging into the lagoon much as you see Dolphins do in waves.

This was an exceptional day to see whales.....There is no place to stay overnight, so you must be completely self sufficient here and camp in a fishing village. As luck has it, i've known a family here for over twenty years and have a nice place to camp out when i head up there.

Photos are frame grabs from RED one HD video camera

By Johnny Friday

www.bajaproductions.com

Feb.3: Gray Whales of Bahia Almejas with Capt. Mike

A day at my secret whale watching spot. We were the only boat in the bay!  Too many whales around! Three hours out on the bay was not enough but we had to get back to shore for our fish tacos!

 Our whale watching group.

 Frigit birds at the sand point in the bay. This is the largest nesting colony in north america.