June 13 on the Granite State

As with our whale watching friends on the Prince of Whales we too scoured the Ledge for signs of life during yesterday's whale watch. It wasn't until we were in the offshore waters did the fog lift giving us much better visibility to search for whales. The first sign of a whale came we when spotted the exhalation from a Fin whale. Not being too far away we changed direction and waited for this animal to take another breath. We waited, and waited and waited. As Dianna mentioned from her vantage point on the Prince of Whales, this animal while not travelling far, was taking long dives and even less breaths at the surface.

During one of our waiting sessions we spotted quite the commotion off in the distance. Fast, quick, splashing was being seen. Our initial thought was we must have a school of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna swimming by as the whitewater being created was barely allowing for any glimpse of what was creating it. Suddenly an Atlantic white-sided dolphin jumped through the water. We had more whales! Again this pod was charging around the area, back and forth, exemplifying just how quickly and easily these whales can move through the water.



Not every day do we get a chance to see a baleen whale (the Fin whale) and a toothed whale (the Atlantic white-sided dolphin) in a single trip. Thanks to our passengers who didn't lose hope as we left Rye Harbor in the fog and returned to the Harbor in the fog. Just goes to show that often times the weather on land is not quite the same conditions you have 15-20miles out on the open ocean!


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