| California Gray Whales San Ignacio Lagoon Baja California, Mexico |
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| The Gray Whales are champion long distance commuters. They summer in Alaskan waters, and winter in the lagoons of Baja California. Spring and fall are commute seasons when whale watching is popular off the Pacific coast. |
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| San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico, is the most famous place to see Gray Whales up close in winter. |
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| To begin with, San Ignacio has a huge gray whale population. They are easy to spot from shore, but serious whale watchers go on the lagoon in small boats. |
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| This is typical gray whale behavior, called a spy hop. |
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| It's the "friendly whales" that make San Ignacio unique. Unlike the average whale, friendly whales come right up to the boats and seem to crave human attention. These whales do not get fed. They choose to be with people and enjoy it. All gray whales have barnacles, apparently from the womb on. |
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| The chance to pet and photograph a friendly gray whale in the wild is why people come to San Ignacio. There are no guarantees that everyone will be this lucky. |
| If you have a high speed internet connection, watch the Intrepid Berkeley Explorer's 15 minute video from San Ignacio, "The Whale's Tale", by clicking on AdventurePics.com . |
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