Sightings & Updates
Another FINtastic mid-October afternoon – October 15, 2015
WOW...another FINtastic day whale watching out of St. Andrews with 2 large finbacks feeding and working their way along the contour lines off Bliss Island. We got some amazing looks at the whales and just caught the end of the feeding as the tide began to slack off....
Finners on the flood tide – October 14, 2015
With a morning trip on the flood tide we were hopeful we would possibly be able to find some finbacks off Bliss Island.....and we did as well as lots of feed in the water! The two whales were working their way back and forth along the contour lines feeding on what...
North Atlantic right whale UPDATE
UPDATE: One of the right whales, the whale with all of the scars, has been IDed as Eg4057, a male born in 2010 to Eg3157, who is a female born in 2001 to Eg1157, Moon. Eg 4057 has never been sighted in the Bay of Fundy before to my knowledge but was sighted on August...
Another FINtastic October afternoon – October 10, 2015
Another FINtastic October day on the Bay of Fundy! This afternoon we watched 2 fin whales off Bliss Island (one was the same individual as yesterday). They were socializing again and to watch one 60 foot whale apparently chase another 60 foot whale is something to...
FINtastic October sightings! – October 9, 2015
We had one trip today, this morning on the end of the flood and beginning of the ebb. We made our way off Bliss to search and as we were heading towards the Wolves I spotted 2 blow towards Blacks Harbour! Two large fin whales feeding and socializing, a FINtastic...
Slice and a finback, a beautiful October afternoon – October 8, 2015
We decided to take a run off into the Grand Manan channel this afternoon just to see if we could find those right whales from yesterday, it was a beautiful day with light NWs so we took the run out. Unfortunately we did not find any whales out there so we ran back...
RIGHT GOOD…RIGHT AMAZING!! – October 7, 2015
RIGHT GOOD...RIGHT AMAZING!!! This morning we had the privilege to spend time with 2 endangered North Atlantic right whales in the Grand Manan channel. Our morning started with Slice, a very familiar minke whale off Whitehorse Island but thanks to a text from a good...
Simply amazing October weather and a breaching minke whale – October 6, 2015
Good evening everyone!! Another incredible day on the Bay of Fundy!! The weather was amazing, especially for this time of year. We had to be patient with the tide today, but as we let it flood we spent time with seals, porpoise and bald eagles. Over an hour into the...
Beautiful October day with minkes – October 5, 2015
Hello everyone, today was just a beautiful fall day on the Bay of Fundy. We spent time with minke whales on both departures today including Slice in the afternoon. We also took a big run offshore on our 1pm departure to check out the Wolves Bank for larger whales but...
Lots of wind but still lots of wildlife – September 29 – October 4, 2015
Good evening everyone. We have had some serious wind in the area for the past week so we had a break from the water but I do have some updates to share from September 29th (and then we had a lot of wind) and October 4th. On September 29th we had three departures (2...