12 pm trip - Tammy
Fall whale watching is officially underway! Today was certainly a blustery fall day offshore, but we are savoring our last few weeks on the water until it's time to say good-bye to our whale "friends" until next year.
A single humpback whale named Music was our first sighting of the day. Music would surface for 3-5 breaths and then dive for 8-9 minutes at a time. We never got a good look at Music's fluke though, suggesting that Music was not diving very deep and maybe just preferred to stay submerged below the rough surface waters. When Music was on the surface, it was neat to this whale "surfing" over the waves.
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| rainbow whale! |
Our second sighting was a pair of humpback whales. We identified one animal as Northstar.
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| humpback whale Northstar |
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| humpback whale diving |
While we waited for both whales to surface in between dives, we started noticing green bubbles appearing at on the surface. Humpback whales often use bubbles to help catch their prey and this was a sign to us that this pair was probably feeding deep. Since Northstar and friend had probably found a good prey patch below us, they weren't traveling too far during their dives. They even surprised us a couple of times when they surfaced right next to the boat!
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| humpback whale diving |
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| humpbacks whales in the distance |
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