Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 12pm WW

Sunday, April 19, 2015 - 12pm WW

Saturday, April 18, 2015 - 12pm WW

12 pm trip - Leah

Northern Gannet plunge diving

Lots of activity and great feeding from the whales and birds while we were off shore.  Above you can see an adult northern gannet plunge diving into the water.  They look like mini torpedoes and do cause quite the splash when they hit the water.  

Humpback, Reaper, kick feeding

Also while we were offshore we saw whales showing varying feeding techniques, Reaper's kick feeding was one of the best shows of the day.  

Atlantic white-sided dolphin

We also saw atlantic white sided dolphin that were coming close to the boat and traveling along with the humpbacks.  They are one of the hardest animals to photograph because of their size and speed but every once in a while you get lucky.  

On our way back inshore we got a glimpse of the harbor seals hauled out on the rocks near the Bug Light.  This is a nice little place to rest early in the spring.

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 - 9am WW

9am Whale Watch - Leah

Starting off the 2015 season on a good note.  Going out on the water we have some general expectations of what we hope to see or want to see.  The ocean, as unpredictable as it always is, usually has other plans.

Today was a cloudy day and threatened a little rain but was nothing we couldn't quickly maneuver through.  We went up north towards Boston and on our way found some harbor porpoises, and also got a quick glimpse at a harbor seal.  

As we continued on and made our way further north we started to notice spouts from many humpback and finback whales.  Also mixed in the area was an exceptionally large group of Atlantic white-sided dolphins.  We were surrounded by them for a good portion of the time while we were out there and they were swimming at just the right speed for us to be able to watch them and keep track of them easily. 

We had great sightings and a wonderful way to start off the season.  Seeing feeding humpbacks gives great hope for the summer and to top it all off there were many adult northern gannets, one of my favorites.  

Sunday, April 12, 2015 - 12pm WW

12 pm Whale Watch - Tammy

Welcome to the 2015 whale watch season! After a long, cold, snowy winter, we couldn’t wait to get out on the water and we couldn’t have asked for better weather for our first trip of the year.

We made our way toward Provincetown, the tip of Cape Cod. We had sightings of several North Atlantic right whales, the most endangered large whale species in the world. Because regulations require that vessels stay 500 yards away from right whales, we admired these animals at a distance and kept traveling across Massachusetts Bay.

Once we reached the backside of the Cape, we saw lots of diving northern gannets, gulls and double crested cormorants, as well as 5-6 finback whales that were feeding.  

northern gannet

finback whale

We had beautiful looks at a pair of massive finback whales and a single finback whale that were circling the area subsurface feeding.  Also in this area were two small groups of harbor porpoise.

Just as we started to head home our Captain spotted the flukes of a humpback whale. 

We stayed with the humpback for several surfacings, enough time to glimpse its beautiful tail as it dove. 

humpback whale diving

finback whales lunge feeding

Just as we were leaving the area, all three finback whale surfaced together side lunge feeding! Four different marine mammal species and lots of activity was a fantastic way to start the 2015 season!