Saturday, August 29

  We had two very fun trips today with multiple species of marine life seen on each!  This morning we passed by a small group of harbor porpoises and a harbor seal before finding a small pod of Atlantic white sided dolphins. These usually-friendly dolphins were quite busy though, and making it difficult for us to watch them so we continued on to find a humpback whale, several minke whales, a second humpback whale, and a fin whale. Then on our trip home, we found a big pod of dolphins that were hanging out with 2 more fin whales!! Amazing!

Humpback Highlighter

Humpback #0050

Fin whale with entanglement scars

Atlantic white sided dolphin

Fin whale "Bolshoi"

This afternoon our first sighting was of another pod of Atlantic white sided dolphins with a big gray seal nearby.  Then before we knew it, we were among 3 species of baleen whales- minkes, humpbacks and a fin whale!  The variety of life has been quite impressive lately. We even passed by a small pod of harbor porpoises on the way home. 

Atlantic white sided dolphins

Fin whale

Humpback whale Highlighter

Humpback blowholes

Humpback whale Mogul