Humpback city! Captain JJ took us out barely 15 minutes before we already started seeing whales. With today’s lumpy seas, we were fortunate to not have to drive any further. All told, we saw at least 25 Humpback Whales, with occasional surface lunge feeds, close passes, and a lone harbor porpoise. I’m still struggling to…
We departed for our Tuesday whale watch this week promptly at 9am. We wasted no time getting out into the bay and quickly saw the blows of humpback whales. We stopped for the first one we reach and immediately had another appear within fifteen feet of our bow followed by another coming up off our…
Deja-vu… or shall I say, Deja-Blue! A remarkable repeat of yesterday: Dozens of Humpback Whales at the beginning, friendly 2 Fin Whales out over the Canyon.. and just as the wind and clock decried our return, a single Blue Whale appeared just close enough for us to get a single, fantastic look and with even…
Bluuuuuueeeeee Whaaaaaaallllessss! As the powerful northwesterly winds continue to pound our coast, they also continue to serve as the physical mechanism for the nutrient rich coastal upwelling that fuels our ecosystems. As a result (amongst many) we have started to see Blue Whales out over the canyon the last few days. Not only the Blues,…
Guess who’s back, back again? You guessed it: the wind. Stiff Northwesterlies greeted us almost immediately as we left the harbor, though with otherwise flat water, their effect was mostly only visual (small, frequent white caps and the occasional light spray over the bow). Undeterred, we soon reached the edge of the canyon, where many…
Calm seas once again greeted us as we ventured out into the bay. Strangely enough, the dozens of humpbacks that had been roaming the near-coastal waters off the Peninsula have moved on, and taken their “normal” positions out along the edge of the canyon/shelf. Speaking of which, almost immediately upon reaching said edge, we came…
Calm seas! Calm seas! What great deed hath we fulfilled to be so graced with a literal sea of tranquility? Okay, “calm” is relative. As far as Monterey goes, and compared to the relentless wind chop we’ve been seeing lately, today was dead calm. Oh yeah, we saw whales. Fin whales! Our morning trip came…