Whale Following in Los Cabos

There's no way to imagine the sense of awe that overtakes you when a 50-foot baleen whale emerges with a mighty splash from the sea right next to you, its exhale a salt-spray explosion, its tail flipping gracefully before disappearing surprisingly slow beneath the waves. No picture or video can do it justice. And you can't really get the full effect from a large cruising motor yacht where you're peering out from a viewing deck, shoulder-to-shoulder with 30 to 80 other people.

The smaller the craft, the better the viewing. That's the consensus between whale-followers. I don't call them "whale watchers" because the whole point of going out in a small craft, whether it be a motor-powered raft or a fishing boat, is to follow like a faithful pet behind the whales, stopping as close to them as safety guidelines permit. The whale watchers, on their big motorized craft, are slow to arrive and stuck far away from the prime viewing area.