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15 Oct 2026

Destinations


Swimming with Humpback Whales in Mo’orea: The Complete Guide to French Polynesia

By Victoria Álvarez, Founder of Mind the Seas Every year, thousands of kilometres from Antarctica, the warm waters of French Polynesia become the setting for one of the ocean’s most extraordinary natural events. Humpback whales arrive to breed, give birth and raise their young. And on the volcanic island of Mo’orea, we have the rare […]

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05 Oct 2026

Migrations


Mexican Sardine Run in Baja California: The Complete Guide

By Victoria Álvarez, Founder of Mind the Seas Last year, at 6:30 in the morning, we left Puerto San Carlos with the sun still hidden behind the dunes of Magdalena Island. We returned to port after sunset. We spent the entire day at sea, getting in and out of the water, and not once did […]

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02 Oct 2026

Migrations


Mobula Rays in Baja California: When, Where and Why They Aggregate

By Victoria Álvarez, Founder of Mind the Seas Last spring, there was a moment when I looked around from the water and all I could see were mobula rays. In front of me. Behind me. Below me. Everywhere. Thousands of wings moving through the water, a living carpet passing underneath us with no visible end. […]

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02 Oct 2026

Migrations


Orcas in the Sea of Cortez: When, Where and What We Actually Know

By Victoria Álvarez, Founder of Mind the Seas Orcas are my favorite animal. They were long before I started working in the ocean, and after more than seven years at sea, they still are — perhaps more than ever. Not because of what you see in documentaries, but because of something you only really understand […]

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10 Mar 2025

Migrations


The Munkiana Mystery: Chasing shadows in the Blue

By Victoria Álvarez, Founder of Mind the Seas Swimming with tens of thousands of mobulas in Baja California Sur has become a must on every diver’s wishlist worldwide. Ironically, it involves an activity often underestimated by many of us: snorkeling. Divers, who usually measure themselves in meters of depth and minutes of decompression, find ourselves […]

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07 Jan 2025

Migrations


The Spectacle of the Mobula Munkiana Migration in Baja California Sur

By Victoria Álvarez, Founder of Mind the Seas Each year, the waters off Baja California Sur host one of the ocean’s most breathtaking natural events: the migration of Mobula munkiana, commonly known as the munks devil ray. These elegant, winged creatures travel to the warm, nutrient-rich waters of the Sea of Cortez to mate and […]

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