Nothing like starting off a new week with plenty of marine life to look at! On Monday morning, we started in thick fog. REALLY thick fog. The fog stuck with us during most of the trip, but that didn't stop the sightings. We started with some looks at humpback whales, Satula and Pinball.
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| Satula in the fog |
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| Pinball diving |
While the whales were in and out of the fog, we still got some nice looks. We then checked out a harbor seal before seeing a fin whale surface nearby.
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Harbor seal
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| Fin whale in the fog |
While watching this whale, a pod of dolphins appeared on the edge of the fog. This pod is one of the largest groups we have seen so far this season, approximately 75 dolphins!
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| Atlantic white-sided dolphins (above and below) |
The sightings continued (and woohoo, the fog started to dissipate!) with at least five more fin whales and a great look at a basking shark in the calm seas.
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Fin whale
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| Basking shark |
There was just as much activity to watch on Monday afternoon. We saw six fin whales, a pod of approximately 10 Atlantic white-sided dolphins, three humpback whales, and a minke whale.
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Fin whale
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| Humpback whale |
The trip started with a mother-calf fin whale pair napping. So fin-tastic! Next, our dolphins were slowly moseying around.
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| Fin whale calf |
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Dolphins
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Between more fin whales, we checked out humpback whales Milkyway and Valley, followed by Clamp. After a quick surfacing of a minke whale, we were headed for home. What a day full of sights!
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| Fin whale |
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| Humpback whale |
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| Clamp flipper-slapping |
Tuesday was just as stunning with beautiful weather and whales, whales, and more whales. On Tuesday morning, we spent time with humpback whales Clamp and Satula.
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| Satula at the surface |
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| Humpback whale |
You didn't have to look far to see other spouts. We came across a mother-calf fin whale pair. These massively sleek mammals were beautiful to watch in the calm seas.
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| Fin whale mom - she's huge! |
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Fin whale mother-calf pair
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The morning wrapped up with a pod of Atlantic white-sided dolphins. On Tuesday afternoon, the area continued to teem with life. We passed by multiple seals as we headed offshore and saw a couple of minke whales as we traveled. In total, we saw six humpback whales, at least three fin whales, and a pod of approximately 10 Atlantic white-sided dolphins.
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| Napping humpback whales |
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| Humpback whale |
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| Humpback whale surfacing (on the left) and fin whale diving (on the right)! |
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| Dolphin! |
Just like the morning, spouts could be seen in multiple directions. Our humpback whales included Valley, Milkyway, Spoon, Ravine, Tripod, and Chromosome.
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| Fin whale spout |
While most of these whales were napping, we were elated to witness Spoon spring to life. She breached (or jumped clear out of the water!) and flipper-slapped a few times. Just enough activity before going back to napping. Haha. Whales are great, they are wild and love to do whatever they want whenever they want!
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Spoon's flipper!
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| Humpback whales |
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