The seas on Monday morning were stunning. Barely a breath of wind and visibility in every direction. Beautiful conditions to find whales! During our search, we saw a total of five basking sharks!
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| Can to find the basking shark? |
We also enjoyed a look at a fin whale, one the Blue Ocean Society first sighted in our area in 2005; wow.
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| Fin whale (above and below) |
Our morning sightings finished with a pair of humpback whales - Tripod and Chromosome.
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| Chromosome |
On Monday afternoon, our first stop was in an area where three fin whales surfaced around us.
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| Fin whale |
Unfortunately, shortly after they surfaced, all three of them disappeared. Well, that's not very helpful. So we pressed on offshore and came across Owl, the humpback whale. This whale was napping most of the time we spent with her. Shortly after starting for home, we had to quickly turn around. Owl woke up! This whale started tail breaching and lobtailing.
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| Distant lobtail |
Impressive behaviors even to see from a distance. Luckily for us, she continued with these incredible behaviors as we made our way back to the area.
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| Owl flipper slapping |
We only had a morning trip on Tuesday. The varying levels of fog slowly lifted as we made our way offshore. We came across a humpback whale who was occasionally making bubble clouds shortly before surfacing.
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| Humpback whale |
While watching this whale, a fin whale popped up! We shifted our efforts to this massive whale as it moved through the area before turning back to the humpback whale still circling the area.
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Fin whale
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| Humpback whale diving |
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