Our Sunset trip tonight was disappointing as far as an actual sunset went, but otherwise was an amazing trip! We saw our 2nd basking shark of the season! Then to top that off had at least 10 most likely 15 different humpback whales all together, including a mother and calf! A group of 4-5 were going on some deep dives for about 3 minutes then would come up to the surface with their mouths just slightly open water straining out. They were most likely doing some deep feeding. Several times when they surfaced they were RIGHT next to us! The calf also was doing a bunch of rolling and flipper slapping. A few of the animals including the calf and an adult did a couple of breaches. Some of the whales we saw were: Mostaza (born in 2000), Cajun (female), Alphorn, Milkweed, Tornado( female), Coral (male), Jabiru, Simian, Apex and her calf, and several others! Such a great night despite the lack of a true sunset!
~ Melissa Rocha, Lead Naturalist