After several immaculate days of calm seas, things boiled a bit on the water, as a rising breeze sent a lump through the bay: calm at first, though enough to cancel our 5pm tour (and making for a rocky afternoon. Otherwise, our passengers handled it well enough that I was very impressed with their fortitude…
Three stellar trips bled into one another, each producing about 6 to 8 humpback whales each, each with dozens of sea lions and hundreds of birds, all swarming what must have been a formidable school of anchovies the entire day. In the end, the humpbacks alone would account for some 360,000 anchovies lost to the…
Holy flying humpbacks! Today was a grand slam, three trip day of high flying humpback whales, with one “little” baby whale at the center of it all. Three trips in a row, and we found the same pair of humpbacks: a cow and her calf. Three trips in a row, and that calf put on…
Another one and done day, as rough seas loomed on the horizon, Captain Danny led us northwest, into intermittent fog which cleared up nicely, and just in time to find a handful of humpback whales, and a small group of Risso’s Dolphin who exhibited several breaches. Nothing crazy, but nothing bad! A fine day on…
Light overcast and mild seas set an ethereal tone over today’s trip, as Captain Danny led us out into the bay. Two humpbacks were sighted early on, though they were rather erratic and hard to watch. Hence, we abandoned them and quickly found a playful humpback, who flipped and flapped his tail and pecs, and…