Almost, on our new menu... Ketih sashimi skewer! 🍢😆
We had a high intensity action day yesterday during our Pacific Offshore Exploration day trip up in Magdalena bay! 🌊
The striped Marlin is one of the most audacious fish species, can change directions and speeds in seconds to get its prey 💥 However, sardines are fast too! And this Sardine made it victorious to the end, can you spot the sardine from the beginning?
❕Disclaimer: On this video you can see that we are clearly keeping a good distance from the baitball when one sardine broke off - this is the unpredictability of wildlife and why a solid briefing of what to do and how to react in any situation is crucial.
Choose experienced and reputable companies that have safety standards and professional guidance implemented on their work frame, so you make sure you don’t become part of the marine food chain 🌊
📸 @natureman.j
#stripedmarlin #sardinerun #magdalenabay #pacificocean #adventure
Did you know is not only you who gets fat on Christmas? 🐋 😆
Our favourite blubbery friends are here for Christmas once again… but why? 🧐
Their massive migration has many reasons, but one of them is that the calves don’t have enough blubber when they’re born to survive the cold waters of the feeding grounds 🥶 so the whales migrate to warmer waters until the calves have fattened up enough 🐷 to survive the migration back and the colder waters.
So now you know… so don’t worry about the extra food this holidays 🥘 It’s for survival purposes 🧐
Comment ‘🐋 Info’ if you want more information on our Whale Watching Day trips, and get a special Xmas group discount for you and the family! 🤍🎅🏽
📸 @natureman.j
#whalewatching #humpbackwhale #laventana
#djimavic #baja #oceanphotography
🧐 Why are Sperm Whales called Sperm Whales? No, it’s not related to the shape of their bodies 🍆 ha! 😝
Did you know that “Sperm Whale” is actually a shortening of “spermaceti whale”? Spermaceti is the oily substance found in a large sac in their heads, which is said to help the whales focus sound.
They were named in the height of the whaling industry, as spermaceti looks white and milky and was mistaken for the whale’s semen 🥛🥸
We’ve been seeing sperm whales more and more in our last few trips in La Ventana! And we hope we keep seeing these phallical gentle giants throughout the season 😌 DM us to join our day trips and see them yourself!
📸 @natureman.j
#spermwhales #laventana #toothedwhales #cetaceans #seaofcortez #oceansafari
This sardine run is not in South Africa??? Read on to see where it is… 🐟
We have our unique sardine run that’s equally spectacular as South Africa every year, however, is this also the largest Biomass migration in the planet?… Well, not so much…
Magdalena Bay serves as one of the three key sardine spawning areas along the West Coast thanks to the upwellings that bring an abundance of nutrients to the ocean’s surface.
The Pacific sardine is a migratory fish that roams up and down the west coast of North America, venturing as far north as Alaska during the summer when North Pacific waters are at their warmest, and then they then aggregate further south as the ocean water cools off, that’s when we can see them here.
Pacific sardines belong to a category of small, schooling fish known as forage fish (also called prey fish or bait fish who fead on plankton) because they are a critical source of food for many larger species. From whales, sea lions, Marlins, Mahi Mahi to pelicans and other birds, Pacific sardines are an essential component in the diets of many ocean animals!
Sadly, according to the most recent National Marine Fisheries Service, the 2017 West Coast Pacific sardine population has crashed by 95% since 2006 due overfishing. But possibly due to the blooming of the recreational activities and divers and photographers coming all around the world to witness this massive spectacle, it seems as the populations are slowly recovering ❤️🩹
🔎 Fact: According to the 2024 stock assessment, Pacific sardine is not overfished for now, but still rebuilding, and is not subject to overfishing at this point 👏🏽
P.s. What a 💩 day to be a sardine 😂
📸 Shot by @naturman.j on during our Striped Marlin & Sardine Run Expedition in Bahia Magdalena!
#mexicansardinerun #pacificocean #freediving #stripedmarlin
The calm after the storm! Those glittery bits floating in the water? That’s what’s left when a bait ball gets demolished by predators. What you’re seeing are fish scales scattered like stars in the water column.
It’s the ocean’s version of a sparkling midnight sky 🌌
Even these leftover scales are part of the great feast 🐟 Scales are rich in keratin and other nutrients, so smaller fish, plankton, and scavengers like shrimp and crabs often will snack on them, keeping the ocean’s recycling system running 🌊 Cool, right? ✨
📸 @natureman.j during our Striped Marlin & Sardine Run Expedition 🐟
#baitball #beautiful #midnightsky #magdelenabay #stripedmarlin #sealions
