We are well aware of bad weather days on the ocean so when everything falls into place we cannot be more excited to enjoy the day when you have minimal wind, calm seas and hopes of seeing whale activity! Today was one of those days. This morning the flat-calm ocean meant spotting any activity was that much more noticeable since any disturbance at the surface was usually cause by some sort of marine life. On our travels offshore we checked out one of the 2 Basking sharks seen and passed by 3 Minkes whales before making our way towards 12 Humpback whales in total.
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| Morning Basking shark |
Most of our Humpback whales were in groups of 2 or 3, actively feeding but, we also experienced whale sleeping, breaching, lob-tailing and flipper slapping to name a few.
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| Open-mouth feeding |
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| Pair of Humpback whales surface in such calm ocean conditions |
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| Humpback whale swimming past the front of the boat |
This afternoon we ventured offshore once again. In total we saw 9 Humpback whales, passed by 2 Minke whales and checked out a Basking shark on our ride home. Once again most of the Humpback whales we saw were doing some feeding behaviors, traveling in pairs and even creating some extremely 'fragrant' breath.
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| Humpback whale tail |
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| We saw flipper slapping from whales on both of our trips today! |
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| Afternoon dorsal fin of our Basking shark |
The whales we recently have been fortunate enough to see have continued to shift around the area and are moving further and further offshore. Who knows what we might encounter tomorrow but there is only one way to find out... Come join us and help search for such incredible wildlife all summer long!
Thank you for adding in these additional exciting finds!
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