It was a very active day today for our whales! On our morning trip we found a group of 5 or 6 humpbacks feeding! This group included Thread and Fulcrum with her calf. We were able to see several different feeding strategies: kick feeding, tail lobbing, and a few open mouths all alongside our boat! Getting in on the action were a fin whale and a pair of minkes. We even caught a quick breach from Thread! After this, the food seemed to spread out, or maybe the whales were full, either way our group split up and began to travel. We stayed close to Thread for the chance of another breach, but instead Thread was joined by Echo and another individual, and they opted to go on some dives. This group gave us some nice looks, and we also got incredibly close looks at a few more minkes in the area. It was a rare experience to be so close to several individuals of this smaller whale.
~Jackie O'Mara, Naturalist

Tonight's Sunset we had several whales all around us. We go some really good looks at a few of them. As we started to leave we seemed to be just seeing more and more blows in the distance, sadly we were running low on day light and couldn't go look at them. It was great to see several whales around us, and get to see all the small differences that set them each apart. One of the whales we had tonight was Thread, who is a large male. ~ Melissa Rocha, Lead Naturalist, photo by Melissa Rocha