Before the big thunder storm hits and knocks out our power, I will try to get today's post up!
Today was such a flat-calm day on the ocean! It was like a lake 20 miles offshore! As we headed towards the Ledge, we found a big basking shark!! This one had some pretty extensive scars on its back, but it seemed to be doing ok and came close to us a couple times!
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| Basking shark |
Not far away, we spotted our first blows. Actually, before the blows, we saw a huge splash! Someone just jumped out of the ocean! As we approached we quickly learned that the splash came from a young humpback whale. Pinball and her calf were here! Pinball is one of our adoptable humpback whales and she has been seen a few times earlier this season! Pinball was busy feeding while the calf was a bit wiggly and occasionally left its mother's side for some gallivanting.
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| Pinball and calf |
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| Pinball and calf about to dive down |
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| Pinball's tail and "evidence" that she has been feeding |
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| Pinball's calf's very cool flukes! |
After spending some time with this pair we headed off in search of more activity to the east. We found several minke whales and a big fin whale! This fin whale was trucking, and finally we got a decent look at it. I'm not sure who this whale is yet but will search our catalog soon.
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| Fin whale |
Thanks to the interested passengers today and to our awesome shark-diver friends who adopted Pinball and Gills, the basking shark! And congratulations to Sarah for winning our raffle! Stay dry out there!
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