Good evening everyone, sorry it has been a few days since my last update but here I am with all of our sightings from the past few days. We have been seeing whales on every trip (except for one trip on Tuesday morning where the fog was just too thick but we tried really hard staying out extra long). We are seeing mostly minke whales still but we did have a fin whale sighting on 2 trips on July 30th and we saw a fin whale, a different individual, today (Aug. 1).
Here are some minke whale photos from the past few days
minke
minke, Slice
minke
minke
And here are some fin whale photos from July 30th
Finback whale
Finback whale
Finback whale
Fin whale photos from the morning departure on August 1st
Finback whale
Finback whale, note the lower white, right jaw and the unique white patterns on the whales back
Finback whale blow
Finback whale
Finback whale
The seal sightings continue to be a surprise highlight for a lot of our passengers.
harbour seal (left), red headed female grey seal (middle) and male grey seal (right)
red headed female grey seal
harbour seals in varying stages of molt
Porpoise are so sweet and an animal that most people are not familiar with. I have included a diagram here to show the differences between a porpoise and a dolphin.
harbour porpoise
What is the difference between a porpoise and a dolphin?
Thanks so much for checking in today!! We hope the fin whale sightings continue to become more frequent but I will keep you all posted.
Cheers,
Danielle
