
Whale Watch
September 23
We kicked off the start of fall in spectacular fashion as we made our way toward southern Jeffreys Ledge.
On our ride to find larger cetaceans, we encountered a few scattered pods of harbor porpoise, making for a great start to the day.
Soon enough we found approximately 15 humpback whales, mostly scattered and in small groups. We spent time initially with a group of four humpback whales, which included Valley, Sword, and Tear. We also spent some time with three other humpback whales: Owl, Tictac, and Gunslinger. Throughout the trip we were accompanied by a number of grey and harbor seals. We wrapped up our trip with views of distant breaching and flipper slapping, along with a pod of Atlantic white-sided dolphins. It certainly made for an amazing morning out on the water!



We returned to southern Jeffreys Ledge this afternoon, first finding two humpback whales – Gunslinger and Owl. We were enjoying our time with these two whales when a nearby breach caught our eye! This whale breached one more time before engaging in a round of flipper slapping, during which we were able to identify her as Fan.



Another yet-to-be-identified whale soon joined her, and they swam off together toward the south. We hung around to continue watching Owl and Guslinger, feeling incredibly lucky as they erupted in a massive double breach! We also had sightings of grey seals and a small pod of Atlantic white-sided dolphins, making for one memorable multi-species day!
— Kelsey
