We had little expectations when we went out to look for whales. This was because another group went out earlier in the day and they didn’t see any. I also asked the local fisherman who took us cod fishing if he’s seen any and he said he saw two back in June, and here it is the end of July. And everyone knew it was way too late to see an iceberg.
We had a very successful trip. First we found two humpback whales, one of which seemed to just be riding along beside the boat, surfacing at random.
At one point, we heard the whale first – it blew through it’s blowhole, and seemed to breach right under the front of the boat where I was standing, scaring all of us with the noise and closeness of it. It was way to fast to get a photo of that.
After we took a zillion photos, we headed back to the dock, and wouldn’t you know it, we spotted 3 more whales, a mother and her baby and one other.
Here’s something different – a barnacle. This will attach to the whales.
Wow! That is amazing!