Mon July 27 – Whale Watching Trip
Sat July 25 – Whale Watching
3 Humpback Whales, 1 Minke Whale and more
Our 2nd trip of the 2020 season didn’t let us down. We had reports of whales from several places and began our trip with a great plan. With excellent visibility and conditions, we found our first whale within 40 minutes from passing Montauk Light, a humpback. This whale was busy searching for food 100′ down and would rise to the surface after a few minutes, blow 5-6 times and dive. We stayed with the whale until it tail slapped and we decided to head further. We headed ENE towards and found our 2nd whale about 1 hour later. We’d seen it from ~1.5 miles away and when we got near the area, it popped up just under our bowsprit. Luckily we were almost at idle speed. A minke and a third humpback joined us shortly thereafter. This last whale had significant Orca raking scars on its dorsal fin and flukes. We encountered other species during our travels including 3 Ocean Sunfish, 1 jumping White Marlin, about 40 Wilson’s Storm Peterels, and about 40 Great Shearwaters.
You can view all photos at https://drartiek-cresli.smugmug.com/CRESLI-2020-Whale-Watches/2020-07-25-Montauk-Whale-Watch/
- 3 Humpback Whales
- 1 Minke whale
- 3 Ocean sunfish
- 1 white marlin
- 40 Wilson’s storm petrels
- 40 Great shearwaters
