July 2nd: Today was a peaceful day, and captain Rod, deckhand Andrew, and myself took three trips out into mild seas with low winds frolic amongst 2, 3, and 1 humpback whales (respectively). All three trips enjoyed great looks, occasional lunge feeds, and some belting sea shanties from Andrew and I. Risso’s dolphin did make…
Today, Captain Danny, along with Deckhand Reed and my (Naturalist Isaiah) set out at 9am to find a small group of Risso’s Dolphin just off shore of Lover’s Point, after enjoying the squid-hunting, deep diving cetaceans for some time, we set out west to find a group of four humpback whales, which boasted several large…
“Ooo’s” and “Ah’s” gave way to “Woah’s!” and “Wow’s!” today, as an early onset of of Risso’s Dolphin led to three Humpback Whales. One of the whales turned out to be a calf, who executed countless (literally) breaches and tail throws for the entirety of our views. Captain Danny, Deckhand Reed, and myself (Isaiah) smiled…