What Else Can I Say?!?!

The whales are still out on Jeffreys and continue to provide us with some absolutely terrific sights and behaviors. Having the opportunity to go out in search of these wild creatures and try to catch a glimpse into the life of a whale is an exciting venture all on it's own. However, to watch these 30+ ton creatures barrel through the water, gather and gulp down massive amounts of food, and even leap into the air is so extraordinary and seldom seen firsthand.

I hope all our passengers enjoyed the day, even just to escape from the heat on land, and enjoyed the sightings from the day.

Bubble clouds seemed to be the theme of the morning trip when we spent time with Solas, Blackout, and Freckles, all Humpback whales, and all open mouth feeding out on the Ledge. Blackout is seen with it's lower jaw bellowed wide out as this whale collects lots of schooling fish in it's mouth. We also spent some time with an adult Fin whale cruising through the area. On our journey back towards Rye Harbor our passengers were treated to an extra special sighting of 25 Atlantic white-sided dolphins! These whales were circling around, taking their time as the dolphins and the Granite State crossed travel patterns with each other. We were able to spend a bit of time observing these whales before pressing on. A great way to end our morning adventure.

The afternoon held it's own surprises when we came across Clipper and her calf. As our naturalist Beth mentioned, these two animals stole the show. We had flipper slapping, tail breaching, bubble cloud feeding and full body breaches from this mother and calf pair!!! Perhaps one of the biggest surprises was the fact that just about everyone on the lower deck at some point got sprayed with water as a result of the calf's tail as it was being quite active all around our shut down boat. Below is a sampling of our time spent with Clipper and her calf (photos are of the calf!)

More Fin whales, over a dozen for the entire trip, were seen as we headed to and from the Ledge and more Humpback whales were found bubble feeding and chowing down on the plentiful amounts of food the Ledge was providing. One of the whales we saw was Raccoon, a Humpback whale who's tail I find to be very vibrant and quite uniquely marked.

Who knows what tomorrow might bring but I look forward to finding out! Hope to have you with us when we do.

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