After making our way offshore Friday morning, we began our trip by spending time with a fin whale. After that, another. Then another. Until finally, we had spent time with at least five individual fin whales! This season has been a stark contrast to our last several with a very noticeable increase in sightings of fin whales aboard our trips.
Fin whale diving
In and amongst our fin whale soup, we got quick looks at an ocean sunfish.
Ocean Sunfish
Atlantic white-sided dolphin
Amidst our journey back towards Rye Harbor, we were stopped by a decent sized pod of around 120 Atlantic white-sided dolphins! After leaving our first pod behind, we passed by two more groups on our ride home!
Our afternoon trip began in a southerly direction, leading us to our first sighting of the trip, a humpback whale known as Dyad! While we were getting looks at Dyad, we also noticed an ocean sunfish spending some time near the surface so we moved over to get a couple quick looks before pressing on.
Humpback whale diving
Ocean sunfish
As we continued on, we did a whole lot of searching, and eventually we turned up with a very cooperative fin whale, not spending much time beneath the surface at all. This whale continued to give us excellent looks before we ultimately had to make our turn back towards Rye.
Fin whale
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