June 28 Prince of Whales

Although today wasn't as active as the past couple days, we did see a lot of whales. The whales however were not cooperating with our needs. Our first stop was with a large fin whale and two minke whales. Soon the minke whales were long gone and the fin whale was on a mission.

Fin Whale

Next we saw a few blows and a fluke from a humpback whale less than a half mile from our boat but after stopping and waiting for a LONG time, this whale was never seen again- it gave us the slip!

Finally after a bit of searching we found another, much more cooperative, humpback whale. This one was identified as the 2009 calf of Siphon and has yet to be named. This 2-year-old was amazing, and even when our PA system went on the fritz for a few minutes, I didn't even need it since the whale was so close and not moving far at all. Several times it popped up right along side us!

Humpback whale close to the boat!

The 2009 calf of the humpback whale named Siphon

Certainly it was a nice day to be on the water. Thanks to all of our interested passengers for your insightful questions today!

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