9 am Trip - Leah
Today we saw an amazing amount of activity. There were feeding behaviors and high activity behaviors like breaching.
Here is a humpback straining at the surface of the water. It's amazing to see these whales up close and personal. On this whales jaw you can see white marks on the left side of the upper jaw, which means this whale is right handed. It uses this side of its jaw to scrape and scare sand lance out of the sand on the sea floor.
Above is one of my favorite sequence shots, not just because this whale breached but the sequence of faces of passengers not paying attention then noticing something amazing was happening.
Another high activity behavior you can occasionally see is this inverted lob tailing behavior of the whale slapping its tail multiple times at the surface of the water, while it is on its back.
Such a good trip and great sights to see on an amazing morning trip.
2 pm Trip - Leah
The afternoon trip was also amazing. It was great to see the number of whales that were off shore and there was again a variety of excellent behaviors.
An awesome chin breach from one of our humpback whales. They looked like they were showing off just for us and giving us the best showing.
Some amazing fluke shots of our humpbacks seen recently, Putter is at the top, Calderas is the next fluke down, a dorsal surface of a whales tail and another one diving behind it.
Yet again, the most impressive behavior to see, humpbacks breaching. Neatest thing to see, but it sounds like the most painful thing in the world. The loudest belly flop.
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