The day began with a good strong wind reminding us that Mother Nature always holds the upper-hand and we are at the mercy of her strength. While we rocked and rolled a bit this morning the wind eventually slacked off later in the day and we saw whales on both of our trips. This morning we managed to come across a humpback whale. In reality it's amazing we even found this whale. It was taking anywhere from 12-20 minutes dive times while only surfacing for minimal breaths in between. We managed to get a few looks at this mostly uncooperative, but nonetheless wild, marine mammal this morning.
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| Our first look at this new visitor to the area this season. Thanks for saying hi, even though brief, Geometry the humpback whale. |
During our travels home we stopped to check out an ocean sunfish for a bit too!
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| Close-up subsurface view of our ocean sunfish this morning |
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| Ocean sunfish swimming in towards the boat |
This afternoon our first stop was a different ocean sunfish seen on Jeffreys Ledge.
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| Afternoon ocean sunfish swimming away from us this time |
After a few looks we did a bit more searching before heading slightly inshore to watch a fin whale that had been found by one of our other whale watching friends. This whale was only spending 6-7 minutes below the waterline. The added bonus was that this massive mammal was circling around the area giving us the chance to get some fin-tastic looks at one of the second largest animals on Earth!
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| Fin whale (above and below) |
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