Wow... if you had told me on Friday that we would have had such great sightings this weekend, I might not have believed it. Things were looking a little slim late last week - we always found whales, but always after a lot of searching. Not so for this weekend! Yesterday, we had several fin whales, all in the same area, and we finally got good looks at a few of them when they decided to slow down!
Two things were great about today's trip. There was lots of variety, and we were closer to shore than we've been in weeks, only about 17 miles out, allowing us lots of time with the whales. And there were lots of whales! We saw about 7 different fin whales, including a mother/calf pair and our old friend "Dingle," then spent time with a pod of Atlantic white sided dolphins.
Initially, it looked like there were only a few dolphins and they didn't seem too friendly, but soon we were surrounded by about 30 of them, who swam back and forth between our port and starboard sides for awhile. There were two active calves in the pod, always a treat to see. We were thrilled with this sighting, then got a call from the Prince of Whales saying they had a humpback not too far from us. We headed a few miles south to get a couple quick looks at "Hornbill," a humpback first sighted way back in 1977, and our first humpback sighting in nearly a month! It was great to have whales inshore of Jeffreys Ledge today, and see several different species. We're optimistic about the next couple weeks....!
(Photos from this weekend will be on here soon!)
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