This morning, our first sighting was a humpback whale who was new to us this year! As much as we love seeing our regulars, we always love seeing new faces (or flukes) to the area!
We moved on and found a fin whale that has been seen several times over the past week or so. This is a fin whale we have nicknamed Goldengate for a scar on its right side. We believe that Goldengate has been seen near Jeffreys Ledge since at least 2012!
After searching the area, we found our first humpback once again, and this time it tail-breached once! Amazing!
Next we found three humpback whales- a pair and a single,
but before we knew it, all three surfaced right behind the boat and began
logging (sleeping, not cutting down trees!).
Another highlight of this morning’s trip was an ocean sunfish which was super cooperative and stayed at the surface while we maneuvered to get nice looks of it on both sides of the boat.
This afternoon, we started our trip with a pair of huge fin
whales! One of these whales was seen on Wednesday afternoon’s trip while the other
may have been most recently seen on Tuesday.
A minke whale darted around us, and then we continued on our
search for more marine life.
We saw some blows in the distance, and then some flipper
slapping! While one humpback was busy flipper slapping, the other was pretty
chill, just slowly traveling NW.
Another humpback whale was seen and doing typical humpback behavior- breathing and diving!
We headed for home but saw a breach in the distance! We
headed over there and found a familiar humpback whale that we assume did the
breach, but there’s really no telling. Other humpbacks were spread out in the
area including the one who was flipper slapping earlier, but now it was lob-tailing!
Bluefin tuna were charging around, and we even spotted an osprey carrying a large fish back to the mainland!
Trips lately have been extremely variable as far as species
and behaviors which is part of why we love what we do! Every trip is different,
keeping us on our toes!
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