Another Day Offshore with Humpbacks - July 18, 2019

Here are our sightings for today

SIGHTINGS UPDATE

Thursday July 18, 2019

10am: This morning we started with seals at Black Ledge and then began our run offshore to search for humpbacks. We did stop briefly with a minke and fin whale not far from Whitehorse but wanted to continue off past the Wolves. When we got offshore we quickly picked up Scarp, a familiar humpback who seemed quite interested in the Quoddy Link, making a few close approaches off the stern of the boat. When Scarp was at a safe distance we moved around to check out the rest of the humpbacks in the area and I was able to ID Blanco. There were 4-6 humpbacks in the area and three minkes. Rika was out on Odyssey with a charter and she was able to also ID Willow, Bungee and Breakers and they also had a fin whale off Bliss Island.

1:30pm: This afternoon we headed right offshore and quickly picked up humpbacks towards the Wolves Bank. There were 6-8 humpbacks in the area and they were a little easier to watch on the ebb tide today. I was able to ID Bungee, Breakers, Prongs and Egreque. We also had a finback whale and at least 4-6 minke whales. There were so many seals around us while we were watching whales and there were also large groups of great shearwaters and we had a nice small group of storm petrels.

5pm: This evening they headed back offshore and spent some more time with humpbacks. Sounds like they had a great trip, 4 whales even came together at the end. It’s really interesting to see the groups join and break apart. Thanks Dani for the info!