A couple of days after my visit to the Laurel Forest, the whole family (eight of us) hired a yacht and skipper for a trip out of Player de las Americas in search of the Pilot Whales that are resident there. The depth of the sea between Tenerife and La Gomera goes down to over 2000 metres and the Pilot Whales hunt for Squid in the deeper waters.
We reached the area for the Whales after an hours trip and soon picked up a fin in the water. We moved closer and had some good views. After a while we were about to leave the area when Tai, our skipper, saw some more nearby, so we headed towards these and had some fantastic close views.
A video clip of the Pilot Whales. Towards the end there is a larger group swimming past.
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| Apart from the Whales I was also looking for seabirds. I managed to find a few Cory's Shearwaters but all were fairly distant and sat on the water. |
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| Atlantic Yellow-legged Gull - These were very common around the coast and are clearly very similar to the Yellow-legged Gulls that occur from time to time at my local gravel pit. |
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| We had good opportunities for some flight shots after the Whale watching when we moored in a bay for swimming. The Gulls approached very closely for food and would even snatch tit-bits from the hand. |
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