Baja California Sur is famous the world over for its annual whale
watching season from January to March. Never failing to attract lots of tourist
and more importantly lots of whales.
The waters around Loreto Bay National Park are particularly busy with
cetacean friends - receiving seven different types of whale every year - blue,
humpback, fin, sperm, pilot, killer and tropical bottlenose whales (also known
as beaked whales).
Fernando Sáinz Arcas, president of the Environmentalist Group Antares
(GEA AC) points out the unique opportunity this also presents to the scientific
community to gather new data on all these whale groups.
GEA AC have been monitoring the waters for 20 years and regard it as one
of the most unique natural protected
areas in the world where whales come every year. Arcas suggests the combination
of the water temperature, the tranquillity of the area, that fact that it is a
gulf, and the large amount of food available create the perfect circumstances
for whales to feed and breed.