We remained on land on Saturday because of the weather. On Sunday morning, we had some fog to deal with as we made our way offshore. The fog continued to blanket the area even out on Jeffreys Ledge. While our visibility varied, our search continued and paid off. We started with a minke whale before checking out our first ocean sunfish of the season.
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| Ocean sunfish |
Then we found two humpback whales, Fan and Owl. Owl was quite the showstopper when this whale started breaching and flipper slapping. Such a sight!
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| Head breaches from Owl (above and below) |
The morning wrapped up with a quick look at a small pod of Atlantic white-sided dolphins associated with humpback whales Valley and Spika.
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| Humpback whale (left) and dolphins (right) |
On Sunday afternoon, we left the harbor again in fog. However, before reaching Jeffreys Ledge, the skies started to clear. The trip started with a look at a basking shark.
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| Basking shark fin |
We then found four humpback whales associated with a small pod of Atlantic white-sided dolphins. The humpback whales, Fan, Valley, Spika, and Ditto, were sleeping. Such a mellow group of marine mammals! We then checked out another pair of humpback whales nearby. Guess what? These whales were napping too!😀This pair consisted of Owl and Chromosome.
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Pair of humpback whales
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| Owl diving |
At one point, we had Owl and Chromosome on one side of the boat and the group of four on the other side!
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| Syncronized dives |
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