Sightings & Updates
Sunday September 13, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Sunday September 13, 2020 10am: This morning we took Western Passage over to Head Harbour. We quickly picked up a minke whale and harbour porpoise. Then we spent some time with a very "sleepy" humpback. The humpback fluked up once and we were able...
Saturday September 12, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Saturday September 12, 2020 10am: This morning we quickly picked up Chevron, a humpback whale. Chevron seemed very relaxed and only fluked up a couple of times. We also spent time with 2 minke whales, harbour porpoise, and seals. There were large...
Friday September 11, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Friday September 11, 2020 2pm: Our afternoon trip started out towards the Wolves Bank where we picked up a fin whale! After getting some good looks and the second largest species of whale in the world we headed towards Head Harbour Passage. In the...
Thursday September 10, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Thursday September 10, 2020 10am: Trip cancelled due to weather 2pm: This afternoon we headed out, stopping with harbour and grey seals at Black Ledge. We quickly picked up 2 minke whales and got great looks at both. The fish were jumping at the...
Wednesday September 9, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Wednesday September 9, 2020 10am: Cancelled due to weather/fog 2pm: This afternoon we headed out expecting some fog but the fog had rolled back and we had pretty great visibility. We stopped with seals on Black Ledge then headed out offshore. We got...
Tuesday September 8, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Tuesday September 8, 2020 10am: This morning was foggy but we spent most of our trip offshore with Chevron, a humpback, who was quite active and breached for over 30 minutes. Humpbacks breach, and they do breach a lot but it's so special to see...
Monday September 7, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Monday September 7, 2020 10am: It was foggy this morning so, after a stop with harbour and grey seals at Black Ledge, we headed offshore hoping the fog was less thick out there. It was! We found a humpback, Chevron out there! We also saw harbour...
Sunday September 6, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Sunday September 6, 2020 10am: This morning we stopped with harbour and grey seals on the way offshore. We found a finback whale and Chevron, a humpback whale about 18 miles from St. Andrews. We got great looks at each, along with some harbour...
Humpback, Finback and Minke! – Saturday September 5, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Saturday September 5, 2020 10am: This morning we started with seals off Black Ledge then made our way offshore. We picked up a finback on our way towards the Wolves and then a second fin whale and a humpback on the Wolves Bank! The humpback was IDed...
Friday September 4, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Friday September 4, 2020 10am: This morning the fog was thick offshore but clear in the Islands. We started out with grey and harbour seals on Black Ledge then headed up through the islands. We found a couple minke whales and followed along with the...