It's been soooooooo long (last Wednesday!) since we went out searching for wildlife. We were eager to see what we would find offshore. Our "thrill" of finding fog wasn't exactly what we had in mind. We meandered along, seeing the tuna fleet eerily appear and disappear on the edge of the fog. While searching, we found three ocean sunfish, three blue sharks, a few grey seals, and even four Atlantic puffins!
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Ocean sunfish
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Grey seal snout in the air
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| Blue shark dorsal fin |
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| Atlantic puffins (not usually seen this far south)!!! |
Then finally, we found a spout. Our patience and persistence had paid off! First up, Satula the humpback whale.
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| Satula diving. And do you see? There is another whale in this image (see below). |
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| The eerie outline of a minke whale at the surface. Nothing like the camera capturing this sneaky find in the background! |
The next time a whale surfaced, it wasn't Satula. It was Valley. Then Valley dove, and the next whale to surface was Pinball! The fog had us on the edge of seeing just how much whale activity was around. As the fog slowly dissipated, we spent time with a trio of humpback whales - Valley, Pinball, and Solo.
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| Hello Pinball |
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| Valley and Pinball at the surface |
Who knows where Satula disappeared into the wall of fog? We have started the transition into our fall schedule, so we'll see what is in store for us when we are back out there (hopefully with less fog) this week!
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| Valley and Solo diving |
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| More whale, less fog 😊 |
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