Thursday's whale watch began with a single hungry humpback whale, Repeat! There was definitely no predicting what this whale would do next as it kept us guessing whether or not it was going to surface right next to the boat, lunging upwards with its mouth wide open, or waaaaay out in the distance as it searched for more prey.
Repeat diving
After pressing on to do some more searching, we were able to spend a majority of our time with a pair of humpbacks, Valley and Chromosome. As we first began watching these whales, we were given an excellent surprise as they surfaced right off of our port side!
Valley surfacing
Humpback whale pair
This pair of whales wasn't in a rush to go anywhere, as they spent much of the afternoon resting near the surface and occasionally diving down into the depths below. On one of their surfacing's, Chromosome decided it was time for a spa day and began lifting up some seaweed near the surface.
Chromosome pushing seaweed
Eventually, it was time to go home. On our travels in, we got a quick glimpse at Owl the humpback whale out in the distance, and there was even yet another humpback whale breaching a ways away near the Isles of Shoals.
Rough seas and thunderstorms are keeping us on land for Friday, but this weekend is looking to provide us with some excellent offshore conditions for whale watching.
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