Since Fjord was a bit inshore from the Ledge we continued on our way and ended up being surrounded by multiple species once we got to Jeffrey's. We found a pair of Fin whales, three different Minke whales and six Humpback whales!The more time we spent in our location the more spouts from whales we began to notice. With tons of bait in the water we sat and watched whales surface in all directions all around the boat. We had individual bubble clouds and open mouth feeding from Solas, Hornbill, Tripod, Chromosome and Flask during our trip!
Perhaps the most exciting news was when we noticed one of our Humpback whales had a very "hooked" shaped dorsal fin which we quickly realized was a whale we did not immediately recognize as any of the whales we've been seeing in the past few days. So crew and passengers alike seemed to all gravitate to this perhaps new whale in the area. It only took one time for this whale to go on a deeper dive and lift it's tail out of the water enough for all of us to check out the underside of it's flukes before our Humpback Guru Gwalthney had a positive ID!!! It was Scylla!
Scylla is a Humpback whale that was born in 1981 when she was first spotted with her mom, Istar, in the Gulf of Maine. This is the first time this season Scylla has been spotted by any of our Blue Ocean affiliates so all of us aboard the Granite State were pretty thrilled.
Scylla is a Humpback whale that was born in 1981 when she was first spotted with her mom, Istar, in the Gulf of Maine. This is the first time this season Scylla has been spotted by any of our Blue Ocean affiliates so all of us aboard the Granite State were pretty thrilled.Despite a little unexpected increased wind forecast this afternoon we still were able to head back out on Jeffrey's and found Hornbill as well as four different Fin whales again! 
We even had a grand slam of shearwaters including multiple Corey's, Sooty, Greater and Manx shearwaters. We had some hardy passengers who toughed out the wind and water and spent the entire trip out on the pulpit.
We even had a grand slam of shearwaters including multiple Corey's, Sooty, Greater and Manx shearwaters. We had some hardy passengers who toughed out the wind and water and spent the entire trip out on the pulpit.Thanks to everyone who chanced the weather and made it possible for all of us to watch some amazing behaviors and find some great whales today!
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