No matter what the conditions are like above the ocean's surface a whale needs to breathe and thus must rise to the surface to exhale and inhale. Therefore, no matter if it is sunny, cloudy, windy or rainy whales will still surface to breathe and that's the moment we get a chance to experience them. This morning we saw seven minke whales, 30-40 Atlantic white-sided dolphins, three fin whales and three humpback whales.
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| Atlantic white-sided dolphin |
Our pod of dolphins became briefly associated with one of our fin whales, Bolshoi, and our humpback whales included Jabiru, Spoon and Spoon's 2018 calf.
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| Bolshoi the fin whale |
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| Dolphin |
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| Great shearwater near our dolphins |
Our humpback whales spent most of the morning napping while other baleen whales were busy darting around the area.
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| Spoon the humpback whale |
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| Spoon and her calf |
This afternoon we saw six minke whales, four fin whales, the same trio of humpback whales and an ocean sunfish.
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| Our first sighting this afternoon was a minke whale inside the Rye Harbor mile-marker buoy! |
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| Minke whale surfacing as the rain drops fell |
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| Ocean sunfish |
Bolshoi remained in the area offshore and was doing lots of tight circles at the surface.
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| Fin whale spout |
Spoon's calf slapped its flippers a few times but otherwise, the humpback whales continued to be very mellow. So much wildlife to look at and enjoy today even through the raindrops!
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| Whale tail |
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| Trio of humpback whales at the surface |
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| Jabiru and Spoon |
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