Saturday morning had such a variety of marine life. Sightings started early in the day with Satula the humpback whale.
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Conditions were so beautiful, you could see the spout from such a distance!
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Satula diving
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From there, it was an ocean sunfish, a few harbor seals, and two pods of Atlantic white-sided dolphins. Beautiful looks at all the wildlife.
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Ocean sunfish
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Atlantic white-sided dolphins (above and below)
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The afternoon trip started with a large pod of toothed whales, more Atlantic white-sided dolphins!
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Dolphin cruising through the water
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We have been so fortunate lately to see these toothed whales. They are always crowd pleasers! We then spent time with four humpback whales.
First, Dross was circling. Then a trio of three, Spoon, her calf, and Jabiru, spent most of the afternoon napping near the surface.
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Spoon's enormous flipper
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On Sunday morning, we were treated to THREE different pods of Atlantic white-sided dolphins! To see one pod is special, but three? Wow.
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Atlantic white-sided dolphin
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More dolphins.
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And even more dolphins!
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In addition, we checked out an ocean sunfish and came across a fin whale; what an incredible look at one of the second largest whales on Earth.
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Ocean sunfish
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Fin whale surfacing
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Fin whale
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We even passed close to Boon Island seeing the lighthouse and plenty of seals nearby.
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Grey seal near Boon Island
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In the afternoon, we spent time with four humpback whales. Jabiru was associated with Spoon and her calf. And we had a newcomer to the area for the season - Patches!
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Trio of humpback whales
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On our travels back to Rye Harbor, the day wrapped up with a pod of Atlantic white-sided dolphins. What a day and what a weekend.
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One last group of dolphins for the day
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