Wednesday’s morning trip was phenomenal! We saw several humpback and fin whales, including one humpback that was interested in us, a sleeping humpback, a pair of fin whales, and another fin (named Crow) that was zigzagging around us, and surfacing super close several times!!
The curious humpback repeatedly surfaced close and swam under the boat as we were shut down watching it. We had seen this whale several times before this season, but it had never been interested in us!
The fin whale known as Crow circled around us, and seemed interested in us as well, which is pretty rare for a fin whale! We saw Crow a couple weeks ago, and we have been watching this whale in our area since 1998! We haven’t seen him in several years so it was exciting to have him back in our neighborhood!
Wednesday afternoon, our eagle-eyed friend on the upper deck spotted a blow in the distance. We headed that way and found a pair of humpbacks! These two were seen on the morning trip, but they weren’t associated with one another. Whale dynamics always surprise us.
Then, we found an awesome trio of fin whales moving quickly through the area but giving us great looks. The lighting was perfect for seeing their distinctive chevron markings.
As we continued on, we found another pair of humpback whales, Springboard and Elephant! On our way home, we took a quick detour to look at another fin whale!
We were only able to get ID’able photos of three of them, but it was nice to see so many around! Humpback whales, Elephant and Springboard, are still hanging out together!
And Fleck was spotted again- only our second time ever seeing that whale!
Stay tuned for Thursday afternoon's trip!
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