We were privy to some gorgeous ocean conditions on both of our trips today. This morning we took our school group out and found a large Basking shark, a Fin whale known as Dingle and a Minke whale.
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| Subsurface Basking shark swimming towards the boat |
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| Dingle the Fin whale |
Nothing like seeing one of the second largest sharks in the world (the Basking shark) as well as one of the second largest animals on earth (the Fin whale) to a group of eager-learning students.
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| Fin whale body |
This afternoon the ocean continued producing plenty of marine life sightings. We saw 8 Minke whales throughout the trip; checking out a handful of them while passing by a few others.
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| First Minke whale of the afternoon |
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| Minke whale diving in glass-like ocean conditions |
We also had our first Ocean sunfish of the season as we headed out to Jeffreys Ledge.
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| Ocean sunfish |
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| Our Ocean sunfish swimming towards us |
In addition, we got a chance to spend some time with Dingle the Fin whale again.
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| Dingle the Fin whale barely creating a disturbance at the surface when getting a breath of air |
The day ended when we saw 3 Basking sharks while heading back to Rye Harbor. What a great day all around!
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| Basking shark dorsal fin in a beautifully calm ocean |
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| Basking shark fin above the surface |
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