9 am trip - Tammy
This morning we headed toward Race Point, Provincetown where we found hundreds of sea birds and quite a few whales. We focused on two single humpback whales who were feeding deep in the water column. Both animals were small, young whales. We had several good looks at each animal as well as distant looks at a group of three finback whales.
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| humpback whale |
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| humpback whale diving |
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| an unknown humpback whale's tail pattern |
We then headed to the north and we came across a single finback whale. While we were only with this animal for one surfacing, this large whale traveled down the right side of our boat giving us a great look at its massive, stream-lined body.
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| finback whale |
We ended our trip by spending some time with a pair of humpback whales, Cardhu and her 2015 calf. The calf was traveling alongside mom and even stopped to nurse for a few minutes. We ended our trip on a good note with this special pair!
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| Cardhu and calf |
2 pm trip - Tammy
Luckily the rain held off for most of this afternoon’s trip. We headed to the southwest corner of Stellwagen Bank where we spotted a single humpback whale. This humpback treated us to several spinning head breaches!
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| a view of a humpback whale's blowholes |
We then moved on to watch a group of five humpback whales, including two mother and calf pairs. This group included Cajun and calf, Jabiru and calf and a male humpback named Pele. We had gorgeous looks at this group as they traveled and fluked together.
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| humpback whale Pele fluking out |
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| group of humpbacks |
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| group of humpbacks diving toward the boat |
On our way home we found another single humpback whale named Nile who was feeding deep. We spent a few minutes with Nile, watching her produce green bubble clouds to help capture prey and then surface through them. It was a great afternoon trip!
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| Nile's fluke |
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