Happy July! It was a wet, windy, and foggy June. So, of course, similar conditions were needed to join us for the start of a new month... Alas, visibility was (mostly) on our side offshore. Saturday morning, we saw a couple distant breaches from a basking shark before finding a couple minke whales and humpback whales Valley and her 2023 calf. Both mom and especially the calf got some bursts of energy as they both breached and flipper-slapped a few times!
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Calf breach
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Valley's flipper in the air
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Calf's flipper in the air!
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On the afternoon trip, we started with a minke whale before finding Valley and her calf again.
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Afternoon minke whale
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This time, the humpback whale pair was more mellow. However, the calf was inquisitive, as it swam a circle around the boat, allowing passengers at all corners on the boat to check it out. It even breached a couple times as we started to head back toward home.
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Calf surfacing near the boat (our engines were off)
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Valley and her calf
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On Sunday, the weather was not on our side but the whales were. We spent time with three humpback whales on both our trips. In the morning we started with a boat favorite, Owl!
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Diving humpback whale
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Owl mid tail breach
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She breached unexpectedly and flipper-slapped a few times before joining up with other familiar crew favorites Spoon and Fan.
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In the afternoon the trio were still together (thanks for finding them Chris and crew!) as the three humpback whales alternated their surfacings. Fun finds in our foggy surroundings.
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Humpback whales in the fog (above and below)
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