On Saturday morning, we spent time with three humpback whales, while another pair passed by.
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| Pair of humpback whales |
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| Humpback whale surfacing |
The whales we checked out included Piña, Thistle, and Orion. We also came across a pair of ocean sunfish, quite an unusual sighting!
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| Ocean sunfish |
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| Two ocean sunfish! |
On Saturday afternoon, we started the trip with guess what? Another ocean sunfish! Wow, these fish have been out in full force this season.
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| Afternoon ocean sunfish |
We then checked out Piña and Thistle, still in the area, and still being quite mellow.
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| Humpback whale |
After some searching, we spent time with a pod of approximately 75 Atlantic white-sided dolphins. These toothed whales were cruising through the water! Goodness gracious, it was almost all white water when they surfaced. Impressive!
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Atlantic white-sided dolphins on the move (above and below)
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| More water than whale can be seen as our dolphins sped through the ocean! |
As we headed offshore on Sunday morning, we stopped to check out an ocean sunfish.
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| Ocean sunfish |
Further along, we came across a large pod of Atlantic white-sided dolphins. These whales were on the move. It was fun keeping up with their pace. We then got a chance to enjoy watching humpback whales Grommet and Alligator.
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| Atlantic white-sided dolphin |
On Sunday afternoon, we found ourselves surrounded by humpback whales. We saw spouts off either side of the boat. Whales were moving around as we watched individuals form and fizzle different associations. At times, whales were in groups of three, four, and five.
Identified individuals include Satula, Decimal, Whirlwind, Dross, Downsweep, Chablis, Partition, Fan, Spika, Quote, Chromosome, and Dross.
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