Whales!

This weekend was an exciting one for whales. Saturday we saw a mother and calf Blue whale pair, twice in a row in almost exactly the same place. The calf was very small, around 20 ft. and probably less than six months old, and the mother was so skinny you could see her spine when she dove. Still, exciting to see and interesting that they were at the same coordinates all day.

Sunday we saw FOUR Blue whales, an elephant seal (a bit unusual in the area), plus some California Sea Lions and Harbor seals. Two of those four whales were (I think) the same mother and calf pair from Saturday. One of the blues we followed fluked twice, which basically means this:

Not every whale does that on every dive, it's pretty special to see.

So now I have a week to kill before going whale watching again this weekend... Sigh.

Blue Whale:


Elephant Seal:


California Sea Lions:


Harbor Seal:


As soon as I can I will post some of my own pictures up here, not just ones I took from google image search.