Wed Sept 4- Whale Watching- Starship
Whales nearshore and offshore. Our incredible season continues!
What a day we had. The seas were flat, sun was bright, and the temperatures were comfortably cool. Our 1st humpback, named Chive, who we’d not seen in 2 years was breached within about 60 feet of our bow and was within 5 miles of shore. After Chive, we headed offshore to find whales where we’ve been seeing them for many weeks. We found them again! Most were logging (sleeping) and in groups of 2-5. Once again, calves were more active at the surface than the adults. Flipper slapping, lob-tailing, tail-throwing, Everywhere we looked and in just about in every direction, we saw whales and blows from about 15 individuals spread out over a 1nm radius. Even while resting, these animals are awe inspiring. At present, 8 have been ID’s and we are working on more. We also found a group of Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins on our way back home.
- 15 humpback whales
- Chive
- Four
- Ganesh
- Leonid
- MTK.2022.08.10-12
- Rapier
- Strikeout
- Tao
- More to come
- 20 Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins
- 86 Cory’s shearwaters (reported on e-bird)
