Saturday morning we had a little wind, a little fog, and eventually a little sun. The marine life, of course, was unfazed by the conditions we were experiencing above the ocean surface. In the morning we saw a minke whale, fin whale, and a pod of Atlantic white-sided dolphins.
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Minke whale
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Fin whale
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Atlantic white-sided dolphin
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We even came across an Atlantic Puffin (while waiting for a whale to resurface).
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Well hello there puffin!
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Saturday afternoon, we once again started with a minke whale before coming across a pod of Atlantic white-sided dolphins. Recent sightings of these toothed-whales have consisted of a few calves, and this pod continued with that trend.
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Young dolphin!
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After attempting to check out a fin whale (that did not resurface after 16 minutes...) we continued our patience with some more searching. Just at the end of our offshore efforts a spout was sighted in the distance. Make that two! A pair of humpback whales were swimming along consisting of Nine and Ase!
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Humpback whale diving
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Sunday had a few surprises awaiting for us offshore. In the morning, the ocean was so calm we were fortunate to see numerous sharks!! At least five different blue sharks and even a likely thresher shark (brief, but still!).
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Blue sharks (above and below)
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Another blue shark!
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We also saw two fin whales and Dross the humpback whale. Dross was busy doing some feeding with plenty of bubble nets.
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Fin whale
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Fin whale
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Dross filtering
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A bubble net!
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On our afternoon trip, we first watched an ocean sunfish before finding Dross still creating bubble clouds.
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Ocean sunfish
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Whale spout
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Dross diving
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To our fun surprise, two more humpback whales were moseying around the area. Mother-calf pair Nile and her 2022 calf were seen!
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Nile and her calf at the surface
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