We also saw a beautiful fin whale surface several times! Fin whales have been
rare lately, so this was a welcomed treat! 
We ended the trip with a group of
Atlantic white-sided dolphins, some of whom were even playing in the wake behind
the boat as we left! 
Wednesday, the mid-day rain, wind and storms kept us on
land, resting up for a fantastic day on Thursday!
Thursday, we found several
humpback whales, starting off with Satula! Even from a distance, he is easy to
identify by the concave curve on his back where his dorsal fin used to be.
We watched
Satula for a while as he blew some bubble clouds and then saw Pinball and her
calf nearby. Another humpback, later identified as Watchtower, was swimming into the area
and we saw a couple more blows off in the distance.
Out there, we found Sword, who
was swimming in towards Pinball and Satula.
Then Clamp was seen a bit to the
south. As we watched her, we saw something breaching repeatedly in the distance.
Sometimes, whales will breach just once or twice and be done. This one kept going
so we took our chances and left Clamp to explore who was making all the
commotion. It turned out that this was Pinball’s calf! Pinball was around, but
likely busy feeding, and the calf was having a ball at the surface (maybe trying
to get mom’s attention!). Multiple breaches, flipper slaps, tail lobs (some even
belly-up!), tail breaches, you name it! The calf was doing it!
This went on for
about a half hour before we called over another whale-watching boat to check out
the action. At this point, it was time for us to leave anyway. What a memorable
trip! Thank you Bably Pinball!
Friday, humpback whales again were out in force!
We started with Pinball and her calf and watched the peaceful calmness of a
mother whale nursing her calf.
We moved on and found an ocean sunfish (sorry you
missed this, Nancy and Barb!) lounging at the surface.
Then a pair of adult
humpbacks: Othello and Dash Dot. These two have been hanging out together on and
off for a while now! They were acting pretty sleepy at the surface. Then then
dove together and several minutes later we were shocked by a perfectly
synchronized double breach! Wow!! No photos, unfortunately, as it was so
unexpected! The pair then when back to their lazy ways.
Some of us saw a blue
shark below the surface but close to the boat as we waited for the whales to
resurface. Moving on, we saw multiple whales moving into the area, including
Satula, who nicely surfaced close to us after blowing a feeding bubble cloud.
Sword and Freckles were also spotted in the area before it was time for us to
head for home.
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