Time spent in Matanchen Bay

After finally making it from Isla Isabella to Matanchen Bay we decided to stay parked for a few days once we discovered just how awesome it was.  We had the bay basically to ourselves and we got to try out all of our new toys.

We tried out all the "weapons" we brought with us.

We also got to use our new Kayak.

There was nothing like waking up to the sunrise over this beautiful bay to find a pod of about 100 dolphins playing all around our boat.

The sun comes up about 7:00 in this time zone so it is quite easy to take.  This happened to be one of the only overcast days we've had on the trip so far.  It made for a really nice sunrise.  It also made it a lot easier to see all the dolphins. 

What struck me the most was all the noise they make when they are breathing.  You can hear each time one of them exhales and when there is a large pod that makes for a lot of hot air. 

I tried to catch  some on my camera with Kelly's help.

As you can see the only folks in the water that early in the morning in the bay are the panga drivers who are putting out their fishing nets and the dolphins. 

The dolphins hung around for about an hour and put on a great show.  They were not the same size as we usually see on our way to Catalina.  These were smaller and much darker in color. 

We all had a great time watching them play in the surf.